AN ODE TO NORMALITY

Rachel Heffron

Bring back the noise.
Speak, any sound will do,
The echoes of your voice
Have started to disappear,
The silence haunts me at every turn.

Bring back mess.
Walking past your room,
Tidied for your eventual arrival,
It used to be like a tornado through a city,
Somehow I miss every room torn apart,
They were never meant to be put back together.

Bring back normality.
I don’t know how long this will last,
But I want it to be over,
And all this longing to be gone,
Come back. I miss you.