13daysofbadluck

It all won’t stop
          	It won’t go quiet
          	It won’t stop
          	I want it to stop
          	Shut up
          	Shut up
          	Shut up
          	I hate it
          	I hate this
          	Why
          	Why
          	Why
          	I’m going to vomit
          	I can’t
          	Stop 
          	Stop it 
          	

13daysofbadluck

The room quiets
          Eyes on the happy couple 
          Hands shaking with excitement as they grasp the smoke bomb
          Fingers faulted when they hook the rings
          
          On one side praying for blue because there’s no love for a girl in his heart
          
          The other prays too, because why would she want to bring a baby into this world that will face what she has
          
          Why give life to a being that will have no father,
          
          That in the eyes of other, will have no purpose
          
          Why summon life if it’s doomed to suffer in a system tipped to another 
          
          A life that will end short after the sound of a gun on night when she’s alone
          
          One that will be forced to run home after the party because god forbid her shoulders are left exposed
          
          A life that will pick up the pieces for another’s failure
          
          Bloody, bruised, beaten, bashed, bludgeon
          
          By a society that favors the other half
          
          On the count of 3
          
          Hold your breath
          
          They pull the pins and shut their eyes
          
          Pop
          
          As the pink flutters out
          
          Their friends clap and cheer
          
          The husband walks off
          
          Congratulations 
          
          It’s a girl