From Then To Now

Hand in hand we walked together into Reception Nothing could stop us and together we were three James and I LARP-ed Doctor Who for fun We talked and laughed for hours Because no stress was in our way Anna and I smiled and laughed And jumped on our bouncy castle With nothing dividing us. Side by side we walked together into Year 6 Some stranger stopped them to talk and broken we were alone James and I talked about Doctor Who for fun And we talked and kissed for hours But misunderstanding broke us up Anna and I still smiled and laughed And joked about our bouncy castle But secondary school was going to divide us. With no one there I walked alone into Year 7 And a stranger became my friend and together we were two Violet and I both loved Doctor Who And James found Dominic So James and I talked for mere minutes And school started pulling us apart Anna and I still laughed and smiled Still promising to be friends Never letting it divide us Suffocating and drowning I walked into Year 9 Hating how I was and feeling alone Katie and Chloe were so pretty And Violet so funny and all were better than me James and I hardly talked or saw each other But we still made the most of our friendship As we were like family, stress couldn’t break us apart Anna and I laughed but I did not smile genuinely Because the bouncy castle was long gone And our schools were beginning to divide us Dead yet breathing I stand right now And I hate who am I and every single detail Fights broke us up and pulled us apart So I can feel Katie, Violet and Chloe Falling further out my reach James moved house to a place unknown And blamed me for never talking to him But really it was because of my ex who was a girl It was for something beyond my control Anna and I were still friends; only by a thread As she did not know about me And how school broke me apart So this is me now; I’m all alone No longer the smiling young girl of reception The only person talking to me is me And the voice in side my head You see; they all left me and always will So now the only call I answer Is that of my blades And the darkness That is constantly Pulling me Down