They Disappear

One by one they disappear
Her heart begins to shrink,
a piercing pain flows through her blood as her body weakens and
nothing is there to strengthen it.

She takes a shower and tries to wash the nothingness away.
The water flows through her hair and down her face.
She shuts her eyes and tries to disappear.
Just like the rest of them.

She’s under a waterfall. It’s beautiful.
She has never seen anything so wondrous.
Perhaps this is where the rest have disappeared to.
She smiles,
A smile so foreign.
Perhaps, she’ll see them again here.

Suddenly, all is gone.
The water stops flowing.
She shuts her eyes so tight they begin to tear
Perhaps, if she shut her eyes tight enough the dream wouldn’t disappear.
Not this time. Not again.

But she knows it’s a dream.
Reluctantly, her eyelids release.
She looks up and sees a shower head.
It points at her hand and laughs at her.
Her hand shut off the water.
She made it disappear.
She made them all disappear. It was her.
The shower laughs harder.
Fury takes it down and hits it hard against the wall. It breaks to pieces.
Just like her heart.

She falls to her knees and cries. But no one can be her refuge.
She made them disappear.

Robyn Wong
4H