One phrase.
So simple.
Yet so difficult to hear.
Too much to handle.
Too much to fear.

Shocked and scared
Making my way to the phone
My dazed mind.
My fear.
My wonders.

Tears kiss my cheeks
Raining down
Nothing stopping them
Nothing holding me back
Alone in the house--
Completely alone.

Only the repeated sound of the crash
the images of horror
the screams of pain
Their screams of pain.
My screams of pain.

Trying to calm myself
But, nothing works
Streams flow down
Accompanied with cries of agony,
Cries of loneliness.

Wondering and hoping.
Dreaming and wishing.
Praying for the first time.
Calling out for any help.
No answers to my questions.
No comforting news to stop the tears from falling.

05/27/2003

Posted on 05/28/2003
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