He Should Feel What I Feel

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Leaning by the window one morning
blankly staring down the lane
deep in ponder
waking up
fresh brewed coffee
steaming hot ...

when suddenly I saw it

but through the rain
my vision wasn't clear

So
with eyes blinking
I stepped closer
and wiped condensation from the pane

Nose pressed to the cold damp glass
brought a shocking apparition
from the past ...

it struck an arrow through my heart
with ghostly pain

Coffee splashed upon the floor
as I hastened toward the door
a pound
like clapping thunder
in my chest

fumbled blindly at the lock
slid it back
turned the knob

raw desperation
put sagging hinges to the test

racing frantic through the rain
wildly screaming out her name
tires spun
as drunken driver sped away

There I sobbed
upon the ground
hands gripping mud and nearly drowned

naught before me
but a memory

gone insane
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Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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A   Avatar
March 19, 2014 at 4:21 PM
Rex, . Congratulations in "Kelly D's Heart And Soul, contest." Always & Forever *XOX* LINDA
Mehta Avatar
March 19, 2014 at 1:34 AM
Congratulations on the fine win, enjoyed yoiur write on Heart and soul, rex
A  Avatar
March 18, 2014 at 10:12 PM
Rex, you put A lot of Heart And Soul into your writing, enjoyed your winning poem.... Love ~SKAT~
Tate Avatar
March 17, 2014 at 8:29 AM
Thx Rex for telling the background for the poem. How sad.
Tate Avatar
March 16, 2014 at 1:37 PM
Great descriptors. Grabs reader. Gotta keep going to see where it goes. Still wondering, did he see an old flame, or just think he did?
Mccoy Avatar
March 16, 2014 at 9:03 PM
Actually, I wrote it trying to express the feelings of a friend who lost his daughter to a drunk driver, while she was at the end of the lane, collecting the mail.
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