23 January 2017

Fathers and Daughters

Pink sweater,
dirty blonde hair
falling out of a headband
she probably put on herself.
Around six or seven years old,
holding her father's hand
with the kind of smile that will
break someone's heart someday.

I wonder what will happen
before someday.

As she bounces away, 
I imagine a girl
fifteen years older.
The same dirty blonde hair,
longer now,
pulled back. 
A girl who can't sleep in the same room
as another person. 

I wonder what will make her this way.

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