Haunted Memories

Drops of frozen rain,
Falling against this window pane,
Has allowed my faded memories,
To haunt me once again.

Looking into his eyes,
And staring inside his soul,
I come across a boy who doesn't know his self anymore.

I ask this guy what's wrong,
What's the reason for all the tears,
He replies with a simple glance,
As he educates me about his fears.

This child that I come to know as Tom,
Had no place to go.
He never followed his head,
And his heart he did not know.

Only if Tom would have seen,
What I saw as potential that he had,
Never did this boy have to leave a world crying rivers of red.

I could have prevented that hauntful outcome,
Helped him live a life that he had not known,
But I,
To scared to speak up,
Allowed him to gain his wings and fly on.

Now I sit here with only the memories.
Memories that scares me with each passing day.
A crime that could have become non exsistant,
Only if I would have asked Tom if he were ok.

Don't ever walk away without helping,
A child who cries their tears of pain,
Or you would be sitting here on many countless nights,
Witnessing their river flowing as it rains.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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March 22, 2010 at 10:01 AM
I agree with u .I had an event almost alike..I di not offer the help..Now a boy is lost in a ditch..I also could have saved my Niece from the fire if I had kept the promise of picking her up 2 spend the night at my house.. I still regret forgetting... Love your poem...
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March 20, 2010 at 2:28 PM
ENJOYED READING!! WELCOME TO POETRY SOUP!! hOPE YOU HAVE MUCH INSPRIATION HERE AND FIND MANY NEW FRIENDS AND KIND PEOPLE. I DID.
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March 20, 2010 at 4:16 AM
Welcome to soup..May your stay be enjoyable with many poems posted and many poems read...Keep the creative pen flowing. The topic about which you have chosen to write today's poem is one faced by many families today in this society...Many will be able to relate to it..Sara
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