Pen Ink and Mascara

Pen ink and mascara smear

The tear-stained pages of

Her little lined journal

With the lavender cover.

The black ink and mascara

Intertwine.  The words

Tumble out of her

Sobbing,

            Sobbing,

                        Sobbing eyes.

Words, words, words,

And more words

Fell

            Fell

                        Fell.

                        Staining the paper.  They slithered onto their new world.

She pounded

                        Pounded

                                    Pounded

                                    On the closed door till her knuckles bled.

No one knew, except for her

Tube of mascara-her black

Pen who dutifully documented

It all, and of course her

Little

            Lined

                        Journal.