Girl In White

You’ll never believe
What happened that day
I can’t believe it
So I will just say

It started the day
Just like the other
Where I woke up to coffee
Made by my father

I got out of bed 
And took to the kitchen
I looked around 
But something was missing

There was no father 
And there was no smell
There in white 
Stood a child from hell

“Come and play”
She said to me
I froze in place
How could this be?

I open my eyes 
And lied in my bed
She stood at the door
Was this girl dead?

She ran through my door
And I just shut my eyes
I said to myself 
“My mind tells me lies”

I fell back to sleep 
To be woken again
But it wasn’t the dead
Little white friend

Instead it’s my mother
And sister by side
They asked me a question
And my eyes open wide

“Were you just laughing
And running down the hall”
I guess she was there
After all…
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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