Little girls locked up in a building with white walls
We never got to see the sun or interact with other humans
Questionable notes passed around
Our exclusive little circle
Of the ones who understood that
Survival was the priority
It was cruel, our hands were blue, red, and purple
We never knew what normal was, so we went on with our lives
It was the summer of 2013
Tweens that weren't yet thirteen
Vivid memories of young emotions
Under extreme conditions
There was you and me
In the middle of it all
Chaos-driven, vulnerable, young girls
The summer of 2013
Do you remember the rooftop
Watching auditions shows with shitty smartphones
We danced, complained, and sang
Whenever we were let outside to breathe
The cool air touched our hair gently
We joked about life and death
First kisses, naive, forgotten, complicated
But we remained kids
It was cruel, our hands were blue, red, and purple
We never knew what normal was, so we went on with our lives
It was the summer of 2013
Tweens that weren't yet thirteen
Vivid memories of young emotions
Under extreme conditions
There was you and me
In the middle of it all
Chaos-driven, vulnerable, young girls
The summer of
One day you disappeared introducing me to the idea
Of rebelling, while lying, pretending
We were perfectly fragile
Nothing scared us more than numbers and love
So when I met you again later
I knew that we would last forever
It's now the summer of 2023
Ten years have passed since everything had happened
I still visit the place where we created those memories
Some pity, others glamorize, but to me it was a home where I
Summer of 2013
Tweens that weren't yet thirteen
Vivid memories of young emotions
Under extreme conditions
There was you and me
In the middle of it all
Chaos-driven, vulnerable, young girls
The summer of 2013