... Childlike Hope - Alone (with new beginnings) She was sitting on the edge of the bed crying Sighing(looking for...) Head down reading some lines(sometimes aloud) between the tears Straining(some sign...) Cuts healing, the pain still real, but within-comfort Souring(something...) They said, "NO, YOU STILL CANNOT GO!", after her rantings Staining(Please...) Dried Blood on bedroom floor, moves somelike darkening memories Sustaining(Show yourself...) That place[position] of her authority - "I AM ME, DAMN IT!!!" Spraining(Come On...) Dependent quality of the current arrangemant-ANgST full Starting(I am waiting...) Combing her hair, now she pulls and tugs at the brush - one long strand falls - shapes an 'S' on the floor Sure(What?!!?...) Out-of-nowhere[twistedandbent] comes to her(a visual) "...final 'S' is usual mark of plural nouns." SPIRIT(Okay???...) "Try together, starting now see what 'US' [family] brings maybe? - brighter tomorrows." Sanguine(Okaythen!!!...) She listens, quietly to her own voice, now "Who am I?" - (to herself), begins the new journey - of discovery. Sureness... ___________________________________ * for my cousin : ** "...where have all the flowers gone young girls picked them, everyone." Pete Seeger .