I'm sitting alone
because I managed to survive
I used to have a family
but they all had to die
I used to have a family
a sister and a brother
a father and a mother
they were my sun and I orbited
I was just a kid
now they're gone
and I miss them a ton they lived absolutely perfectly
not a hair out of place
a happy little family
a smile on every face
in a happy little neighborhood
in a big little town
everything seemed so perfect
until everything fell down
my brother got sick
Then soon did our neighbor
next was my sister, my father
they were fragile as paper
Then my friend
my teacher soon after
my principal, my bus driver then stopped the laughter
A disease for spreading
and it was spreading fast
then my mom got sick
I prayed they would last
my sister we wheezed
my father's sneezed
my mother coughed as they all struggle to breathe
I was scared
the drugs did nothing
this had to be a joke
the entire world was bluffing
my father died first
he sneezed one last time
his eyes closed slowly
this world is so unkind
I'm sitting alone
because I managed to survive
I'm scared for my life
I wish this was a lie
my imagination is company
it's starting to be real
it's going to hurt and eat me
I can't scream, shriek, or squeal
they follow me around
for far too long
then they disappear
then they're just gone
they seem to stay for years
but it's really just hours
they're real to only me
but I'm such a coward
I hide from them
I run away
I quake in fear
they do is they may
they harm and attack
chase me for miles
they bite and scratch
they show up in piles
I'm sitting alone
because I managed to survive
I suffer from asthma and imagination
I want to stay alive
I can find food water shelter and all
I can keep clean
I use a set of walls
it used to be my school
full of laughter and fun
but now the halls are empty
and it looks outrun
the cubbies are blank
papers litter the floor
the outside is ominous
there are splinters from the door
I hide in here
until I’m found by my thoughts
Then I start running
praying I won't get caught
I never got sick
I never needed help
I never sneezed never coughed
but I just wanted to melt
I wanted to run away
I wanted to hide forever
I wanted the people back
but they won't come. Never
When the last of my family was gone
After my mother disappeared
I felt so helpless, so weak
That was the day I realized my fears
There’s not a bird in the sky
Not another heartbeat around
I’m the last human that exists
I keep thinking I’ll be found
By my dead father or missing mom
They’ll spot me wandering and take me home
Give me tea and maybe some treats
But they never come, so I continue to roam
I need a new shelter
My school is getting old
I’ll start traveling that way
To see what I can behold
I steal from stores
But the power is dead
So I take cans and boxes
So I can be fed
The cold stuff is warm
The hot stuff is cold
I’m trying to keep some energy
By not eating mold
I also stole some clothes
Some backpacks, shoes and toys
But not all that pink stuff
I got the things for boys
No one should care
No one will tell me not to
Everyone is dead
I’m done pretending that’s not true
I also went to hospitals
Pharmacies and all
I grabbed some medicine my mom gives me
In case I start to fall
I got the stuff for my inhaler
For allergies and colds
If I ever get sick
I’ll have some things that’ll hold
I’m sitting alone
Because I managed to survive
I’m trying my very hardest
Just to stay alive.