03/14/2020

Surrounded by the floating laughter,
A sign of happy lives around her,
Her eyes are devoid of any exuberance
And portray nothing.
Yet her heart absorbs her emotional weight.

Staring into the distance,
Her happier memories flash before her.
Those days when her shoulders were lighter.
Those days when her lips were curved upwards.
Those days when she was as free as a bird.

Their hooting, a music to their ears
But an invisible knife stabbing her heart.
A vicious reminiscence of what she once had and lost.
The precursor to her emotional numbness.
The forerunner to everything now.