Ellie

Ellie, you deserved better than that

lying on your side in the street

your water spilling like wine into the concrete

an exponential amount, you had that much?

I tried to hold it in but my fingers

were too light to stop the flow

the rend too impossible

as wide as the shadow you cast

and twice as deep;

You were still trying to run so

I held you tightly to me

felt your muscles jumping

your lungs huffing, your heart beating

like a two-stroke under my hands

everything went stiller, stiller

and then finally… stilled

even the sparrows fell silent

to mark the moment

stained my t-shirt as

I held your body;

You were still trying to run and

you finally made it, my little girl

my sweet little thing

you finally went where

nothing could ever hold you back.

Reviews

[Sarah Jane]

"As wide as the shadow you cast and twice as deep" Beautiful. I felt the pain in this, the hopelessness, even the frantic attempt to help. Well done.

[JR]

Thank you so much, that's the feel I was hoping would come through.