A Tragedy

by Mia Braun

The misty night sky loomed overhead
Leaving the fog underneath, mislead;
The mucky grass, twitching with the wind
It was all silent

Yet, take a closer look through the dense veil
There is a shadow hurtling
Moving with the cover of dark
A girl, once a star

The dress, the one she wears
The one that used to be so fair
Now faded, ragged and colorless
Matched her teary eyes, once full of childhood bliss

She dropped to her knees, no care for the mud
Her soul, stained with scars of blood
No one was near, to hear her falling tears
Nor listen to the pain of her screaming heart.

The dark and emptiness encircled her;
Yet she closed her eyes to see it
She had tried to hide her pain
But the act was impossible to keep

Hope had left her
Left her in a blurr
A knockout, a haze
Only, she still kept asking

Where was this little light that glowed?
The face of hope that wouldn’t show?
The medicine to heal her acid tears
Dripping from her face, raising her fears
Where was this little light?

The freezing warmth gave her no comfort
All she wanted now was to lock away
the keys of the doors to her heart—
Which had already been torn apart

Nobody asked her if she was alright
Nobody saw the fire in her lungs that ignites
The fears, the pressure, the element
Pushing her down on her knees, was it not evident?

Nobody asked her if she was alright
No matter—even if they did, she would say
Everything was alright, she was alright
Nothing was wrong
Yet nobody asked her if she could prolong

All she wanted now was
To never let anyone in, for fear they’d part again
How could she do this twice?
How could she pay that price?

On her inside there was this burning,
A screaming voice yearning,
For the truth of what fate had done
Had it really taken away that someone?

She looked up at the sky for help,
searching the stars for an answer
There was none
Death had won

How could she have known on the day they met,
That this would only be a Romeo and Juliet