• I wake up in a realm of blood.
    My mother is bleeding on the floor and i cant remember the last time i saw father...
    The taste of warm salt slips into my mouth. I touch my face, it's wet.
    I'm crying.
    I never knew my mother. She was always too 'involved' to have time for me. She didn't know me either.

    James knew me. Or at least i thought he did.
    I loved him till the day he screwed me over.
    The streets are my home and now that I've quit the game I'm alone.
    Familar men honk at me and offer me rides.
    I'm not their toy anymore.

    Five years. Five years ive walked these streets.
    Singing for my next meal.
    Im in the park tapping the soft bench I sit upon as i sing.
    A man stops me in the middle of my favorite song "tired and uninspired".
    He offers me a meal. I follow him to a restaurant called "La Monice".
    I can't remember the last time i was in a restaurant.
    I order the biggest thing on the menu since he's paying.
    He talks while i eat.

    Five years. I wake up in a realm of blood.
    But I'm not awake.
    I've been asleep for years. And now is the time to awaken.

    I wake up next to Blake.
    His hair is a tangled mess and his eyes are closed blocking my view of his soft brown eyes.
    I go to a concert later that night.
    When i get off stage Blake is waiting for me in a tuxedo.
    He takes me to "La Monica" and we talk about the first time we met in the park...

    My Names Kimberly Johnson...
    And Music Saved My Soul...