»
Archives
»
Open Poetry #14
»
Bobby and Sara
| Open Poetry #14 |
|
Bobby and Sara |
|
|
azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert 
|
“Hold me close, Bobby” Sarah whispered in his ear He didn’t understand what was causing all this fear Sarah never seemed to want to be taken home He dropped her off at night, and watched as away she’d roam Bobby loved his Sarah more than anything in his life But already she was begging for him to make her his wife He’d never met her parents in the two years they’d gone steady Anytime he asked her why, she’d say she wasn’t ready He felt they were too young to make marriage plans But it was getting hard avoid Sarah’s trembling demands Many times she’d ask him “let’s just run away” Home was someplace Sarah never seemed to want to stay He had to admit he’d seen the bruises and welts on Sarah’s milky skin When asked what happened she always seemed to turn the subject to him Then came the day when Bobby did see Sarah no more The reason that it happened—it seems no one is sure Sarah died at home one night from a concussion to her head It seems two days had passed before anyone knew she was dead Her parents were investigated for the violent crime It seems they were the cause of Sarah’s death before her time Bobby’s world was wrecked, how could he not have known Of all the awful things that happened inside Sarah’s home The truth is something most of us simply don’t want to hear A child abused at home often won’t tell simply out of fear. Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
||
| © Copyright 2001 MiChelle Van Vleet - All Rights Reserved | |||
Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
It is becoming altogether too common and it must be stopped. Thanks for the reminder. |
||
|
Decaflame Senior Member
since 2001-05-11
Posts 1635 |
A powerful write, Azblond....powerful, and very, very sad..... |
||
|
VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Powerfully written, azblond, extremely! |
||
|
wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
Wow it's AZ hey old timer where yuh been. Good seeing yuh |
||
|
Tovi Member
since 2001-06-05
Posts 168 |
Heartbreaking but very well told. |
||
|
azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert |
Thanks everyone-Walt-Great to see your still here!! Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
||
|
|
⇧ top of page ⇧ |
|
| All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format. | ||
