Once on a yellow piece of paper with green line
she wrote a poem
And she called it "Bec"
because that was the name of her dog
And that's what it was all about
And her grandpa thought it was great
and gave it a gold star
And he decided to hang it over the fireplace
and give it a green frame
That was the year her grandpa
showed her how to use a gun
And let her stay up til ten
And she got a present from
a boy she had yet to meet
And he gave her a letter with it
signed with his name
And she didn't understand what it meant
And her grandpa was always there to tuck her in at night
and was always there to do it.
Once on a white piece of paper with blue lines
she wrote a poem
and she called it "Autumn"
because in Prospit that was the season
And that's what it was all about
And her grandpa would have thought it was great
And maybe ask her to write more clearly
And he didn't hang it over the fireplace
But it was there with him anyways
And earlier her grandpa told her
that she could put her plants in the atrium
because she wasn't to go outside by herself
And Bec would watch over her
That was the year she first spoke to the boy
with sunglasses and the girl who laughed at monsters
And the weird crabby kid started trolling her
And The Clouds told her what the boy's letter meant
And her grandpa didn't tuck her into bed at night
And her grandpa stood up right
all the time by the fireplace.
Once on a piece of paper torn from a note book
she wrote a poem
And called it "Innocence: A Question"
because it was about jadesprite
And that's what it was all about
And her patron troll laughed at her
but then instead he helped her
And no one hung it over the fireplace
because now there was no fireplace
That was the year she died
but came back stronger than ever
And she caught Davesprite
crying in a hidden room on the ship
And she hadn't see most of her friends
or even talked
And Nannasprite baked
too much cake to eat
but they ate it anyways
because that was the thing to do
And at 3 AM she tucked herself into bed
John snoring loudly.
That's why in a dream 3 years later
she tried another poem
And called it "Absolutely Nothing"
because that's what it felt like it was all about
And she herself thought it was great
And remembered her patron troll's sarcastic words
And maybe then she'd hear his laugh
but this time she was unsure if asleep or not.