This is a picture I did not take
of a girl walking away from the World of Tomorrow,
dressed in blacks and rubbing the tears from her eyes.
She will not see this Tomorrow tomorrow.

This is a picture I did not take
of a girl trotting to catch a bus at 5 in the morning,
realizing that even the sunrise is beautiful in this place.
She stepped on the bus and missed the eclipse.

This is a picture I did not take
of a girl sprinting into a movie theatre to see a film,
unlike she wanted, with a boy that she desperately did.
She got both, and liked the movie more.

This is a picture I did not take
of a girl staring up into the night sky to hear of wishes,
with tears in her eyes as she longed to never grow up.
She was later told she seemed older afterwards.

This is a picture I did not take
of a girl looking down and noticing the hop scotch drawn,
while children passed without playing and she longed to.
She was pulled along and told not to look back.

This is a picture I did not take
of a girl who happened to be genuinely happy for a long,
long time, while she complained about her surroundings.
She realized while there was only one day left

That she should have taken more pictures.