I grieved. In past tense.
In past tense even if it's present.
It shouldn't be present.
But like everything broken,
it hurts in the cold.
In the silence, and I ache.
I want to wrap my arms around her.
the tiny broken girl.
the little bird who always was scared.
tried to prove she wasn't.
the little girl who got left. over and over.
she survived. past tense.
because she lives presently.