AlisHarrowing

I had a best friend Her favorite color was green And mine was yellow. We bought dresses to match For when we sang together. Both younger sisters, We had older brothers. I fancied hers But not she mine. When we were 13 Her brother asked us To meet on his driveway That night. He stole his mother's hairspray And passed it to my brother. A heavy mist entered their lungs. Then it entered hers. Her eyes rolled back And I screamed. She was wheeled away In a car of white and red. I was scared we would never wear our dresses again. But we did. I wore my favorite color And she wore hers Both for the last time As she lay in her coffin Arrayed in g

Day by day, Night by night, The same world Never leaves my sight. Yet there is so much more, More to see than what- What there is in front of me. There are hills And mountains and trees I haven't yet climbed. There are skies of stars I haven't yet seen. There are doors Left unexplored, Foods left untasted, Friendships not yet created. Every day someone dies Who has not yet seen the world Through a Child's Eyes

Once is chance Twice is coincidence Thrice... could it be fate?