Why Can't I Leave
Scared of my
Not real
Mommy and
Daddy
I hide
In my room
In the dark
I’m Scared
I don’t think they know
I know they aren’t beautiful
At least on the inside
I hope they think I still love them
I slowly get up
I am hungry
I want a snack
Even if I have to see them
I twist the doorknob
Scrunching my forehead
Hoping they are gone
But the door won’t open
Why can’t I leave?
Why Can’t I Leave?
WHY CAN’T I LEAVE?
I don’t want to be alone
But I’m not
My closet has opened
All by itself
Like its trying to show me something
I slowly peer in
Scared for what
I might see
But it’s not scary
It’s my dolly
From a long time ago
So long
I forgot her name
It’s a good thing
She has her nametag
Looking at her scribbled name
I try to sound the word out
Mmm-
Al-
Ice
I think her name is
Mal. Ice
The snow princess
Well now she is my friend
My only friend
At night
Sometimes
Mal will talk to me
She says weird stuff
I know what happened
To your Mommy and
Daddy
Why they disappeared
When she tells me this
It makes me want to stay in here forever
Just me and her
Me and Mal. Ice
Mal. Ice says
She knows how to
Get out of the room
The room I hate
So we try
And it works
I don’t see
Fake Mommy
Or Fake Daddy
Just me
Alone
With
Mal. Ice
After many
Days of talking
And talking
To Mal. Ice
I don’t know
Why she
Suddenly
Does something scary
She turns to me
And she whispers
I know what happened
Because I did it
I run back to my room
The door won’t lock anymore
It won’t lock
WHY WON’T IT LOCK?
I don’t care
My only friend
Isn’t my friend
I’m Alone
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