Saturday, November 8, 2008

Slow Motion

I carried her down the stairs

Her
soft
long
black hair
tickled my face

Her limp body dangled and made me unsteady
in my steps

She was young
and
quite petite

Free
and
beautiful

I imagined her lips smiling

I imagined just a few years back
when she was
so simply

a little girl

Now a woman
Now fighting the world

So much pressure
So much life....

I hope
that
next time
she tries to commit
suicide

she fails

3 comments:

Miladysa said...

Your words hit me like a sledgehammer!

I hope so too.

the walking man said...

It is a hard and bitter reality... for both of you on the stairs.

Avery DeBow said...

Sad her pain was in such surplus that she had to give some of it to you, as well.