Ariel's Poetry

by JackieStarSister

One person's graffiti is another person's poetry. A series of haikus Ariel writes for her brother on the bridge where he died.

11. Emptiness

Published March 20, 2012

"Emptiness"

I want and I want;
but exactly what it is
I want, I'm not sure.

I want Daddy to
understand me. I want Mom
to be happy.

What I really want,
I suppose, is for things to
be the way they were.

I used to be proud
of my father. And now? I
don't know how I feel.