The Girl

In an old rusty photograph

A giddy girl, innocently sits,

With a toothy smile, divine charm

She looks keenly at the onlooker

 

Her favourite teddy bear is lying there,

Forgotten while posing under the light

Sparkling, twinkling, curious eyes

She wants to know what the camera hides.

 

Several moonless nights have passed,

She stares at her childhood self and laughs

Long dead and buried in the dreadful bed,

She still remembers the girl she once was

 

Dripping tears are spoiling her mascara,

While she waits for the long night to end.

Her luminous body is on display again,

Hiding the scars that never healed.