She was happy

She dated

She married

She had a baby

But that wasn't

What fate wanted

No,

She couldn't be happy

Three years clean,

How long she lasted

One dating,

One married,

One with the baby

But that night,

He was on a trip

Baby was with her aunt

And she was so alone

It was silent

For the first time in

Over 1,095 days

So she curled up

Closed her eyes

Opened them

Opened her mouth

Screamed

She screamed for ages

Until they came

They came and they

Gently

Reminded her

How to numb it all

How to bleed

And how to hide the scars

By covering them anew

He came home early

Laughing with baby and auntie

They stopped dead

When they heard her screams

They ran

Sprinted

Only to find her

Curled in a ball

Covered in blood

Cowering before the ghosts

And their knives

They took her away

To the empty place

Full of silences

Devoid of life

Said she couldn't see Baby

'Til she was alright

And that was too much to handle

On a cold December night

So when they left her

In the empty room

Full of silences

Accompanied by sheets and ghosts

The ghost reminded her

That she could join them

And that night she did

She tore the sheets

With the help of ghosts

And they taught her how to

Tie a knot

Hand it from the ceiling

Fit into it

So she followed their instructions

Closed her eyes and found herself beside them

She saw an

Empty

Silent body

Hanging in front of her

Deathly pale

Bushy hair

Yellow teeth

Too fat

Too skinny

Coated in scars

They led her out of the

Empty place

Full of silences

To a big

Lopsided

House

She once called home

Baby and He were there

Surrounded by family

Shocked and crying

She missed baby in her arms

Tried to get her back

Couldn't

Her screams and cries matched baby's

Auntie comforted baby-

Husband never liked her or baby anyway

She was held in the arms

Of the dead lover

And she calmed

He took away silences

Taught her to watch baby

Like he had watched her

They watched baby

Auntie

And his twin

When twin joined

They all laughed an reminisced

He died young,

28-

Heart attack

His little boy

Girl

And wife

Cried

So they watched

Little Boy

Little Girl

Baby

And Auntie-

Wife could never stand him anyway

Happy

Without the masks

Of fake lives

To hold them back

Death visited them

So did Marauders and company

But it was Twins and Her

Until Husband came

After remarrying

Two little kids with new wife

Died at old age

He stayed away

Never liked them anyway

Auntie came soon after

Loved being with them

Another while passed

The kids came too

And she loved her little girl

Who came to love her real mother

Not the fake replacement

It was all happy,

In the end

Together

Full place

Loud

Loud enough

To push away

The silences

The living

And the memories.