Essay - "I was a very cute toddler; Ive seen the photographs"

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I was a very cute toddler; I’ve seen the photographs, they’re the only colour I have on my plain white walls. All I have are my pictures and the only person allowed to see them besides myself is Sally. She’d the only one who stayed, mommy used to come all the time but not anymore.

I don’t really mind though, I have my pictures which I look at every morning. Only ever look, never touch. My pictures are the only thing I have left of life outside these walls in this room and I will not stain and ruin them.

I studied my pictures, moving my head to look at the photographs in different angles trying to find the perfect light to look at them in. The girl in the photograph looked strange. It was as if her cheeks were being pulled up at the sides by an invisible piece of string, her teeth gleamed and her eyes were scrunched small, practically closed but not quite. I stared at this photo blankly finding it hard to believe this smiling girl was me only a few months ago. I don’t think I’ve made that expression lately. Not that I would know anyway because I don’t have a mirror in here anymore. They took it away from me, it was only a mistake and Sally didn’t mean to brake the mirror but when they came in they accused me of breaking it and said that I could have harmed someone. This statement confused me to no end. How could I harm someone? As they could see I was the only person in the room.

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I remember a time when I wasn’t in this white room. I remember when the world was so colourful and my mommy was always happy, or at least seemed it. We used to spend so much time together, she would take me to the park or the zoo, the zoo was her favourite. She loved the giraffes.
When I couldn’t sleep she would sing me a lullaby. I don’t remember the rhythm or the words now but I do remember that after she would sing it to me I knew I would be okay.

She stopped smiling when he came ...

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