dreamt of you last night
you
a tiny child i had by the hand
lost and crying out for me
i held you up and into my arms
comforted you with whispers
like soft breeze
held you to see the goodness of sunset
the vast possibilites for you in those skies
felt your soft, warm child’s neck against mine
so much love
so much
as i rocked you to sleep
again, you cried out, calling for me
nightmares and darkness
back again, disturbing the peace of dreams
and as i held you tighter
comforting you
i felt the bumps on your head
from his fists
saw the moss green
the sick yellow
of the bruises he left on your neck
while trying to choke the life from you..
kissed your warm, child’s forehead
where he slammed you onto
the pavement
and as i screamed your name
i knew i had lost you
as you have lost you
forever or for now
as i let you go
and watched in horror
you
running back to him
to his fists and his troubled mind