Have you ever heard the story of the young girl?
Who ventured into the hospital after a life-changing mistake
The girl who spends her days hiding the red lines on her arms and legs
The young girl who proclaimed the perfect life
Have you?
I bet you haven’t
Nobody heard mine
Not a single soul
My name is Aya
And it’s been 1,460 days since I’ve been alone
It’s been 1,095 days since I’ve been hurt
And it’s been 730 days since I’ve been broken
And this is my story
The one nobody cared to listen to, and nobody cared to write
A story of a young girl with brown hair up in a bun
With the only worry being next week’s math test
A story of a young girl who seemed she’d forever be in her awkward phase
of the early teenage years
The story of a girl with an annoying brother
And worrisome parents
The story of a girl with a poodle named Cocoa
And a cat named mushu
The story of a young girl with a great life
But made one stupid, fast, misjudged decision
That felt she had to prove to someone that she was grown up
That she could handle the big stuff
The story of a young girl who at just 12
Became with child
The story of a young girl who at just 12
Was told to get married
The story of a young girl
Who would become a single parent
The story of a young girl
Who at 12 became without a home
The story of a young girl
Who at the age of 13 experienced the loss of her child
The story of a young girl who ended up alone
Without her newborn child
The story of a young girl
Who spent her days looking for edible berries in the forest
The girl who spent her nights
Lurking in the shadows staring at the home she once had that vaguely smelled of strawberries
The girl who at the age of 14
Diagnosed herself with depression
The girl who at the age of 14
Diagnosed herself with anxiety
The girl who sheepishly tried to return home
To only be scolded by her mother
The girl who learned of the second loss in her family
Her dear brother Evan
The girl who watched the funeral in a distance
So that nobody could hear her wailing cries
So, nobody could feel the pressuring guilt that radiated off her, as her soul broke
When she found out her brother had taken his life when she never came back home
The story of a girl who forced herself into foster care
Going house to house
The girl who marked red lines on her arms
To try and cope with the pain
The story of a girl who at the age of 16
Ran away from her home
The story of a girl who
Just couldn’t cope anymore
The story of a girl who
Ran to the lake once the clock struck two
And jumped in not bothering or wanting to come up
And not hearing the deafening cries of a young detective
The story of a girl
Who at the age of 16
Was wheeled into the hospital doors
With injures beyond repair
And a slim will to live
The story of Aya
A 12 year old girl
Who made one decision
That caused years of suffering for many