Life

She paints on a smile but her eyes betray her she looks in the mirror her invisible scars are on full view today she looks out of the window it's too overcast for sunglasses but she puts them on anyway She pauses at the front door does she really want that reality to ghost in on hers she takes deep breath and walks out the streets are deserted she feels the houses, trees and flowers crowding in she bows her head and watches her footsteps left, right, left, right and counts her steps she reaches her destination but keeps on walking through the back strreets and through the fields she used to fy her kite in this one collect mushrooms in that one play chase in that one and hide in the long grass she climbs up the path of the cliff with its views out to sea she stands on the precipice and wonders how it has come to this a life once so inspiring has now spiralled out of control