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Now I Am Alone

I look up at the sky,

Light blue with clouds,

Calm and peaceful.

I lay in grass and think to myself,

Is what life was meant to be like?

Is this the way I was suspposed to live?

With a meaning,

A purpose.

I glance back in the house,

The turmoil begins again.

I lay my head in the grass and close my eyes,

I want it all to end,

For it all to stop.

Is that too much to ask for?

A simple wish from a child,

Seems to go unheard.

A shout comes from within,

Out he runs,

A bloody knife in one hand,

And his cars keys in the other.

My jaw drops and my eyes pop open.

I know what he has done.

What is done is done,

He yells back as he speeds away.

I run inside just in time,

To catch her as she falls to floor.

She dies in my arms.

Now I am alone.

I am left in world of dismay.

So young,

So naive.

What am I to do?

Copyright © Cindy Smith | Year Posted 2012

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