Carried Away

Mixed emotions, comtradicting thoughts

Raw aching need, rational reasoning

As if all of that wasn't enough

Words are thrown in, but only three.

 

Those three words uttered in dark silence

Into a lonely, needing ear, disguised coaxing

As hands slide lower, clothing removed

And actions are taken from false words.

 

Something that brought them so close physically

Has distanced them greatly emotionally

They stay close physically though, just hoping

It'll bring them closer emotionally...eventually.

 

But a problem arises so soon...their physical

Closeness begins to fade away as something

Grows between them; keeping them  from

Pressing their bodies together until they mold into one.

 

It grows and grows until they cant even hug,

A physical distance to match the emotional one.

He has excuses to leave, be somewhere else,

Do anything but spend time with her.

 

On the day her stomach is round and full

Not one but two on the way, ready,

He is nowhere to b e found and

She is all alone in that hospital room.

 

A week later, his apartment is cleared out,

No note, phone call, or any hint as to where he is.

In a double stroller she pushes the twins

Taking them to the highschool day care.

 

Within a couple months it'll run out

Her small savings between the three of them,

No one else to help support her new family.

They will be taken.  It will break her heart.

 

At only 17 she won't know what to do

Tracking down the daddy, she skips school.

She borrows a friend's car, full of gas

And follows the directions written on a takeout box.

 

Vision blurred from tears, she doesn't see it

The flashing lights are not seen, nor is the sign.

With the radio blaring, the horn on the train

Is unheard as she crosses the track.

 

There was no pain as she left this world.

She sent out a silent prayer saying Thank You

When she felt the rumbling under her car

And hit the brakes, idling on those tracks.

 

She said sorry to her little boy and girl

Who she had lost and who had never

Even met their father in that week before

He was gone.  She hoped they would be better off.

 

With that, she readied herself, scooting over

To the passanger seat, making sure there would be

No "miraculous survival"  She sat there, said her goodbyes

And then she let the train carry her away forever.

Reviews

[Kinsey]

Wow. Just. Wow. I've read three of your poems already and I am just so impressed by the emotion that is in each stanza. You convey your point/story so clearly, the result is almost frightening.
Keep up the great work!

[Raven Radke]

Very nice
Lovely write
I can feel the emotion coming from each word that
is brought to life and I certainly loved it