World Falls Away

She took it as harshly as any other girl would,
The day that he turned his back and walked,
And she did her best to smile, did all she could;
Trying not to cry as their old friends talked.

They asked her what she`s been doing, since he`d gone,
And she boasted a practiced fake smile as she said:
"I`ve been smiling, been laughing, gosh, I`ve moved on,
He`s nothing to me anymore, but a memory in my head."

They looked around at one another, then back at her,
And at that moment, she knew what they were thinking,
But what are you supposed to say, when it`s all a blur,
And your hold on your self control is slowly sinking?

She held her composure for another minute or two,
Before she thought up some old excuse to leave,
The same as before, going to do something new,
To try and keep her mind off of the absence to grieve.

And she ripped off all of the sheets that had your scent,
She re-painted the walls, a pretty and calm baby blue,
With a match, she lit up all the letters she came to resent,
And she tore apart all of the old pictures of her and you.

When your world falls away, into a place so unknown,
What else are you to do, when you get the bad news?
When your world falls away, and leaves you behind,
What are you gonna do, when there`s nothing else to lose?

With much needed poise, she ignored the shadows on the wall,
Because the ghost in army green was doing her no good,
In a world so big, she was becoming so lost, so damn small,
But in her darkest hour, she laughed -- the best she could.

- Jenna Elphick
October 17, 2007

[[Not my best, I know. If it was confusing, it was about a girl losing the love of her life to the army.]]