The Worm Poem Sequel

She was in love Their expression of it Was the perfection of it The way they shared What they had Was beyond compare Today is the next step Towards their future Today they bought a house Overwhelmed Overjoyed Her heart sings Then the phone rings At the hospital Next to her dead husband An accident at work Why did this happen Grief stricken And heartbroken She had no piece of him No strength to go through the motions Nothing left to give No reason to live Now that he was gone She lost her way And couldn’t march on She hasn’t seen family or friends Her mind is out of reasons She is dead inside Alone in her empty home A sanctuary for her to hide From the world From her pain From her loss From her pity and shame She longs to join her husband But he wouldn’t want her to She can only scream She can only scream One night while she was sleeping She awaked to a unfamiliar sound That of a baby crying She wondered if she was dreaming She walked to the empty room That would have been his office She slowly opened the door In the middle of the floor Was a baby on its back She stepped in to the room And went to pick up the child Its flesh shimmered and disappeared And she pulled up a handful of worms She woke up in the empty room Passed it all off as a dream Brought on by the grief She went about her day She goes through their photo album Thinks of all the things She wanted to say Thinks of all the love he gave All the plans they made His handsome face Everything taken from her She thinks again about dying Then she hears the baby crying So many thoughts ran through her head Instinctively she knew this baby was dead But the fear from the night before Wasn’t there as she walked through the door She didn’t know what else to do So she went to pick him up again This time his body held form She spoke softly to him Promised it would be alright The baby stopped crying She knew she wasn’t lying Even if she had gone mad She felt a little less sad For three months she was a mother She tried to feed him She bought him toys to play with She clothed and changed him Sang childhood songs Held him all night long She read books to him She worried about his future She cared and nurtured Bathed him in the mornings Brushed his hair just right Even on the days she couldn’t touch him She did as much as she could for him It was the first day of spring The first full sun she had seen She decided to go on a picnic Packed a single lunch She picked up the baby And took him outside Set him on a blanket with toys She enjoyed her meal Then they both played The perfect sunny day The baby was happy She felt almost as good as before More then she dared hope for She stood up and started to pack up Movement caught her eye A form running from the trees Headed straight for the baby She moved as fast as she could Too slow to stop the attack But she managed to kick it back The baby had shimmered and lost form Reverted into a pile worms Her heart sank and skipped a beat Before she could do anything The creature moved back in She finally got a good look at it It was a coyote with silver fur The light around it glowed “It is unnatural and must die So his spirit can cross to the other side” She was shocked to hear it talked She still managed to reply despite her fear “He deserved to live and find love To know the happiness I could give him But you killed him for no reason” The coyote circled them Eyeing them with hunger Slowly bringing himself closer She prepared herself to fight “His spirit is still here” Then the coyote sat down Stared into her eyes and soul “Time is short if you want to save him So be quite and listen There will be a price I charge It will be quite large That we will discuss later If you accept my offer You must do also do everything I say Without hesitation or questions It will not be easy But I’ll help you try to save your baby” Tears streamed down her face She felt out of time and space “Yes anything, anything to save him” The coyote sniffed the pile of worms “His soul is attached to these You must put them inside your womb And we will try to give him a new body” She didn’t know why she believe the coyote But she did as he said She took the worms and put them in her womb The coyote started to lick her belly Stopping only to howl or growl And her belly grew and grew Pain spread through her body and soul It was almost too much for her to control But she could feel David his name was David She could feel him inside her The coyote was glowing so bright She didn’t even notice it was already night She had a moment where she knew She was going to die nothing she could do But David would survive “Promise me you will protect him I will pay you back on the other side” Then her belly ripped open Dead worms littered the area Once last scream and then she died But David was there to cry There is a certain kind of death Waiting, for some of us