She came in with eyes as opaque <br />as the horrors in her mind. <br />On her lips a taste of snowflake <br />turned to stinging seas of brine. <br /> <br />He came for her at every age <br />as she hid the world she knew. <br />And lit a mournful haunted rage <br />only sorrow could renew. <br /> <br />With a wretched wanton rancor <br />the brutality was sown. <br />Tying her eternal anchor <br />to a buried bag of bones. <br /> <br />I cry for her on sunny days <br />I weep for her at sunset. <br />Sometimes I want to run away <br />to a girl I haven't met. <br /> <br />But then I hold her in my arms <br />and bear the dark together. <br />She knows I will keep her from harm <br />and I shall wait forever.<br /><br />paul righetti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-girl-who-swallowed-the-dark/
