She’s Third

Liz waits outside to be picked up from school

It’s half passed four; she doesn’t know what to do

The buzzing in her pocket tells her, someone’s callin

Already knowin what had happened, it must be true

xx

Her mama said, “It might be awhile.

This isn’t how we planned our day.

Kemo’s not workin, we’ll be there soon.”

And she didn’t know what else to say.

Ever since the cancer started spreading

Things for Liz had gotten worse

She was never picked up, and she was home alone

But she knew her brother must come first

xx

His hair was almost gone, his head was getting tan

He was failing some classes, and still couldn’t read

With her parents so focused on him, Liz was alone

With no one to care for, without someone to need

xx

Her mama said, “It might be awhile.

This isn’t how we planned our day.

Kemo’s not working, we’ll be there soon.”

And she didn’t know what else to say.

Ever since the cancer started spreading

Things for Liz had gotten worse

She was never picked up, she was home alone

But she knew her brother must come first

xx

One day her daddy found some of her writing

And was really surprised at what he saw

He showed it to his wife and together they read

Then stared at her empty bed in awe

This teenage girl that they had raised

Had been feeling somewhat neglected

Had written about their favorite son

And how she always felt dejected

They were horrified with themselves

That she would go on like this without a word

But they were amazed when they realized

That Liz had just put herself third

xx

Her mama said, “It might be awhile.

This isn’t how we planned our day.

Kemo’s not working, we’ll be there soon.”

And she didn’t know what else to say.

Ever since the cancer started spreading

Things for Liz had gotten worse

She was never picked up, she was home alone

But she knew her brother must come first

xx

When Liz got out of school that day

She was surprised to see them here

Waiting in the car, to pick her up

She wiped away a tear

xx

Her mama said, “It might be awhile.

This isn’t how we planned our day.

Kemo’s not working, we’ll be there soon.”

And she didn’t know what else to say.

Ever since the cancer started spreading

Things for Liz had gotten worse

She was never picked up, she was home alone

But she knew her brother must come first

xx

When Liz got out of school that day

She was surprised to see them here

Waiting in the car, to pick her up

She wiped away a tear

A/n.

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And I do know it was forced at some parts and I'm sorry about that. I've been working on this for a long time, and it seemed like I would just never get this done. Please excuse my poor attempt in being agressive with myself.

Thanks for reading!!

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