Pillow

 

Sad and dispaired

She scumed the city streets

They won't notice I'm gone

Until I walk through those doors

Giving them another reason to yell

 

Am I only a prop?

A pillow

To scream at

To punch

A way to keep your frustrations

Away from your favorite

 

A maid maybe

A member of staff

Never seen

Never doing anything right

 

Turning to the alley way

She gripped the money tight in her fist

A man stood in the shadows

Held out the case

Held out his other hand for the money

 

They won't realize I'm missing

They'll just realize $1,000 is missing

 

She exchanged the money for the case

And the man walked away

 

She stood against the wall

Less places for the pieces to fall

She bit her lip and

She pushed the safety pin through her skin

Her stomach bled

The note read

 

I cannot take my life anymore

I'm Kate Edlestein and my life is no longer

Beaten and battered you find me

With an object not belonging

My foster parents will want the $1,000

But they won't find it

My life is gone, but I will be watching

Every child, that is abused

 

She opened the case

Grabbing the object

She said last prayers

 

Open the gates for me

You child is coming

To an eternal slumber

Of final peace

 

Opening her mouth

She breathed her last breath

And pulled the trigger