Jessica Garner, 26 y/o

Age: 26
Occupation: On maternity leave
Status: Married
Discarded dreams: Learning to play the piano, taking up painting again.

Jessica layed in bed when the baby started crying again.
She tried to move but just couldn't.
The weights of everyday-routine pressed her back deeper
into the matress. Her face running down like a landslide.
Maybe it'd stop crying soon, she'd wait.

Scott hadn't been sleeping well and she'd, of course, stopped
asking why. Their house of cards was already swaying too much
to have answers pulling cards from the bottom.
But he kept her awake.
She could feel his dreams from the otherside of the bed
like a burning roof coming down over them.

She kept imagining the worst case scenario as she tried
to move again. And the house grew quiet again.

The alarm-clock told her she was late with starting dinner,
it told her she was late again.

Maybe tomorrow would be a better day, she thought, her feet
touching the floor again.