OR SO IT SEEMED

BY: AMY HATCH

Around 1989

A duck flew into my bedroom window

It chased me around on purpose

Or so my 3 year old mind remembered it

The door seemed stuck, and I couldn’t get out

Around 2005

When I had no one she was there

She bought me deodorant when indigent would not supply it

She was my family

when mine was so far away

Around 2003

Drugs were the only option

Or so I thought

It got worse and worse

Until my life was no longer my own

Around 2004

She called herself my best friend

But I wouldn’t claim her

She annoyed me and I hated how she acted

When she went away I didn’t write her

Around 2009

It was July

And I couldn’t resist him any longer

He filled a desire that I craved

Even though I knew it was wrong

Around 2010

I found her on facebook

And she is doing well

I have no desire to be her best friend or even her friend

But I’m very glad that she is turning her life around