Fourteen

Before she took her first breath
She felt the tremble
Of her mother's hands as she
Wrapped her in her own baby blanket 
And maybe
She struggles to find
Words for her feelings
Since she first felt
The cold severance
Of December and maybe 
She struggles to find words 
For her feelings 
Since she first felt a connection
Within a trauma bond
Clutched by a mother
Who only learned of her birth
From an after-school special
You used to tell her  the story
Of a baby too small to hold
So they put her in a shoebox
Where they could watch her grow
That she was a new being
When they found her outside
So some assembly was required 
They had to tear her down
To build her back up again
She was Loved by a mother
 who was 
Scared of the broken girl 
so they
Left in the shoebox where she smothered

Female 
UK basement
Raw emotion
Math-rock 
Soft vocals 
Songwriter