The Well

Lightning flashes across the sky, And dark rain clouds slowly roll in. In the distance I hear a baby cry, And the mother's about to commit a grave sin! The babies mother is only fourteen, Raped for a whole year by her own father. She has no pride or self esteem, And keeping the baby, she'd rather not bother! She looks down a dark abandoned well, Her dog Alex barks nearby. She vows, she will never tell; And drops the babe down the shaft to die! Tears roll down her cheek, As the babes wails end with a "splash"! She finds it difficult to speak, As her father bursts out the back door with a "crash"! He grabs her arm yelling, "what have you done?" With a look of uncertainty. "You always said you wanted a son, So I killed the abomination you put inside of me!" 2/9/2016