Only to live another day
She stands alone, off to the side. Unable to help, wishing she could, she dies. Pain blinds her as she watches It slip through her grasp. She wants so much to hold on, but she can't stop It from drifting away. She wishes It wouldn't leave, but It does. She can still remember the good ol' days when It was by her side, there never to leave. She can feel It, and this all seems to be a dream, but when she turns, It's gone. And she cries...she cries for the lost dreams, the lost chances, the lost emotions, the lost friends...The tears flow, turning streams into rivers...but nothing she can do can bring It back. And she dies...Only to live another day, this time stronger and harder...with each loss the wall grows higher...and it kills her, but she cannot stop the building...It will never return, It never does, and so she must add another brick to shield her from that hurt. Years down the road she looks back on her life and she sees the wal...