i thought this year would be different
this year i had hope
i always have hope
but every year
every single time
hope fails me
and now
im starting to give up
i held on for so long
thinking
there might be someone
just someone
who might be out there
who might've cared
who might've remembered
about pathetic 'ol me
YOU ARE READING
Valerie
Short Story"that giggle that laugh it was so contagious it lit up my whole life made it seem like my life isn't so bad it gave me something i desperately needed h o p e ."