I walk the halls in my house

My footsteps being followed

By the complete and utter silence

The house once filled up with noise

The same noise that once used to annoy me

Now,

Preferring the ruckus over the haunting silence

I pass by the two empty rooms that once belong to my brother and sister

The rooms mocking my loneliness

The memories now seem so long ago

The memories of just the three of us

My life has always evolved them

Adoring them

Idolizing them

They were my day and night

My sun and moon

Without one the other can’t exist

And now they’ve seem to disappear into the abliss

With me having no one by my side

Each step on the cold tile floor

Makes me go back in time

My life rewinding all over again

And each time

It’s always been me and somebody else

Whether it be my sister and I goofing off

Her funny accents echoing along the room

The same room that our parents made us share together for 12 years

The same room where we told each other all of our secrets

Whether it be me and my brother messing around

Or usually with me following him everywhere

My little feet always trying to keep up with his pace

It’s always been just the three of us

With me always having someone to lean on

Knowing that if I fall they would be here to catch me

And now

With no safety net

Fear has struck me

Not wanting to cross this bridge alone

But the walls behind me keep pushing me further

Not letting me go back to the times

Where i was able to hold onto my sisters hand

My little fingers gripping hers tightly

The same ones that would tug onto my brothers big baggy shirts

Clutching onto it so tightly as if he would disappear

Not realizing from my little five year old mind

That in the near future they soon will

With a blink of an eye they’ll be out this door

Of adolescent

With the door slamming in my face

With me all alone

Only being comforted by my loneliness

The silence piercing my ears

My siblings far gone

And with me forced to stay behind

In the house of emptiness.

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