Our Secret Place

Our Secret Place

A Poem by Kitty
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My baby, Samantha. If only things hadn't happened the way that they did...

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Looking out the window at you

As you play outside.

I watch as in your play-house

You run and hide.

 

You’ve got all your teddies
And all your dolls with you,

And just like a mother,

You tell then what to do.

 

You love to play ‘House’

Even though it makes your Mommy cry,

Knowing that your Daddy

Left without saying ‘goodbye’.

 

Suddenly you run inside

Your knees bloody and sore.

I sit you down and clean you up

So it won’t hurt anymore.

 

Holding you tight,

I kiss you on your head.

You look up at me with those sad green eyes,

“Mommy, am I really dead?”

 

I can’t deny it anymore.

I can no longer lie.

“I’m sorry, my baby, but at the time

I thought it right to let you die”.

 

“I did it because I loved your Dad

And I thought that he loved me.

I thought that him and I

Would be together for eternity”.

 

“When I fell pregnant

And he found out,

He told me to ‘get rid of it’.

He didn’t want you – there’s no doubt”.

 

“Sam, I didn’t want you

To grow up without a dad.

I hope you will forgive me

But I thought it was the only choice I had”.

 

These tears begin now

To sting my eyes.

You look up at me,

“Mommy, please don’t cry”.

 

“I may be young,

But I do understand”.

You smile gently

And hold my hand.

 

“Here in our secret place

We can still be happy.

Don’t worry, Mommy,

I like it just you and me”.

 

Copyright©JosieWentzel24February2008

 

© 2008 Kitty


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Such an honest, deeply moving poem that flows in such precious streams like a child's tears... So beautiful is your love for Samantha...

yours,

Craig

Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Another one. Fantastic. You write with your heart not your hands, ability to make one cry during a write... or give chills? You did just that, both.

Flow? Indeed... Story? Indeed... Holding curiosity? ABSOLUTELY.

As tears roll down my cheeks, I realize how that same pain must consume you. You have made it clear here... Beautifully, painfully clear~

Gratitude,

Candi~ Writer Of Life


Posted 16 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.


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Kitty
Kitty

Weltevredenpark, Johannesburg, South Africa



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