Where Echoes Hide

Where Echoes Hide I once asked my mother where echoes hide She turned from the sink and quietly cried. "I know naught of echoes," her whispered reply. "When I scream in the dark, no one answers my cry." I once asked my father where echoes hide He got his mean look like when being defied. "Don't ask such things, it’s your mother I hear! Now go tell that cow to bring me a beer." I asked a close friend where echoes hide "In the arms of a lover." But I found out she lied. I once asked my lover where echoes hide He laughed and then beat me ‘til I bleeded inside. I finally asked God where echoes hide As I jumped off a cliff praying only I died. "God do you hear?" It was then that I knew As He answered, "Hear, here.” And I finally flew. 12/10/2015