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How?

How do I wipe the tears from my best friend's eyes,
When her mind's haunted by a baby's cries,
And no one knows her secret but I?


Three years now she's kept inside
The rape she's to this day denied,
And the painful decision that she made
To save herself from Him.

I love this girl with all my heart.
It pains me to see her torn apart
By painful memories of the past
She held hidden 'fore tonight.

Before this day I did not know
Why Mother's Day struck her so,
And why she'd stand in the infant aisle
And stare at the shelves for hours.

She'd drempt of a little one,
But her Uncle left her dream undone.
After his rape gave life to a sweet child,
The doctor took it away.

She's talking to her Love tonight,
Trying to set all those lies right
And bring back the girl or boy
That she once held within.


How do I ease the pain she feels?
How do I help the scars to heal
Now that I know her child was real?


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