A Lifetime

I see faces of children

Laughing, smiling, full of joy

Parents snapping pictures

Capturing our moments of innocence

Hopefully they would last longer than this

I see the faceless mass of people

Strolling through the hallway

Laughing at the latest piece of gossip

Thinking that it all meant something

Believing we were someone

I see my future beyond those walls

The path to get there shouldn’t be this hard

Navigating through the mass of

Drunken mistakes, broken promises

Waiting to come out new

I see a glass half empty waiting at my desk

Reality was crueler than I thought

All work and no play until I saw you

The person to change my world

Make me realize this means something

I see the light, the end

The last moments on this Earth

Filled with remorse and emptiness

Life transformed into snap shots

A lifetime left without a mark

Written by our first guest writer: Josie Accetturi 

Bio: Sarcastic caffeine addict who enjoys wearing black more than what is considered socially acceptable.