She starts her life
On the very best of them
Good job, husband, life
Happiness is everywhere
She starts the job
Her boss hits her
He is abusing her mentally
She doesn't quit
For she needs her job
She goes home
He's drunk, again
Crying and screaming
Throwing things that shatter around her
She goes to the bathroom
Locks the door tight
Sits on the toilet and starts to cry
Her voice wailing, her words trembling
She looks through her cupboards
Cry's in delight
To see that knife
Oh the sight of her
Weeping and scraping the walls
Death has come but will not win
With a scornful sigh and a drop of her smile
She put the knife back
Dropped to the floor
And she wept
She goes to a coffee shop
Smelling the coffee beans as she walks in
She pulls out her book
To get away for a while
Not thinking of what happened last night
The bells chingle,
Letting her know that someone has arrived
She looks up, her hair over her brown eyes as
She sees Raile, her brother, walk in
Raile notices her and sprints over
To give her a hug
But when he does
He notices how her smile doesn't reach her eyes
How her eyes crinkle with delight, but hide pain in them
How she flinches when he drew near
He looks into her eyes
Silently asking what happened
She shakes her head
Furious
That she could be seen like this
Invites him to sit
How he's been and where he has gone
They smile and chat
Laughing at a joke He said
Asking her about her job
And seeing how she tenses up
She dismisses him
And he knows her troubles will consume her
As they had done before when they were younger
He can still remember to this day
When he walked into the bathroom
Saw her on the floor,
The knife covered in blood
She wasn't breathing
He ran
But it seemed as he ran towards her
She got farther away
She slowly got better after that
Mother and father wouldn't let her out of their sight
She was treated like a broken doll
As if she would collapse if someone said anything that hurt her
Her smile is the one
Just like the one after that night
He realizes the time and tells her bye
Seeing the way she doesn't want him to leave
He invites her to stay at his apartment
She says she doesn't want to be a bother
He tells her to come anyways and that she's not a
Bother
To him
She quietly says
Okay
And jumps up to go
He cannot tell how she feels right now
But
He can see the glow from her face
After
Being invited to stay with Raile
