All She Could Say.
I awoke to her screaming in the early morning grey. He knew he
needed to leave
had to go away. The tears were failing he could no longer hide. So much
sadness built
deep inside. Young tired unknowing eyes awaken by her mothers scream. He
found her
looking, his heart breaking, tears began to stream. The little girl ran past her
mother,
and ran to him in the early morning grey. The little girl looked up to him. Dad, was
the only
word she could say...
His heart began to pound, the little girls tears falling to the ground. They hugged
and both
cried together in the early morning grey. The mother ripped her away from him,
screaming
go away. Placing the little girl inside the house. The little girl ran to the window,
stared and
listioned as quiet as a mouse...
Through the window she heard no sound, her mother pushed him, stumbling he
fell to the ground.
As he rose beginning to stand, he noticed the gun she had in her right hand. He
wanted to move had began to step away, One bullet fired in the early morning
grey.
Then I heard the woman scream, what have I done? Looking at him and then at
the gun. I picked myself off the floor. I stepped forward and opened my front door.
I found the little girl by his side in the early morning grey.As he began to die, dad
was the only word she could say.
Copyright © Christopher Hays | Year Posted 2006
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