As I walked down the hallway I stopped a little astray. <br />I heard a faint little cry and was going to hurry on by, <br />But when I heard the faint whispers of 'Why did you go'. <br />I slowly walked to where you were. <br />When you looked up I saw the tears <br />That were slowly streaming down your face. <br />I stopped... and looked really closely and seen who you really were. <br />You were the one that I heard about the hour before last. <br />You were the red faced child, the one who lost it all. <br />I walked up to you and wrapped an arm around you. <br />You and I never knew each other before, <br />but now as you cry in my arms I see that I do really know you <br />I know you because I know your pain. <br />The questions you ask yourself over and over again, <br />The hurt that you would forever feel. <br />I knew because I have been there. <br />I still ask myself why did you leave me all alone. <br />I have looked for the answer but have yet to find it. <br />'You'll be fine, everything will be fine.' I say these words to you, <br />the same way my father said them to me. <br />When she left me. <br />I was never fooled I knew I would never see her again. <br />I knew I would never get to say 'I love you mommy' again. <br />As you cry in my arms I slowly pull away from you and say, <br />'You'll never get completely over this <br />but believe me I'll help you through it.' <br />You smiled a little and thanked me. <br />As you walk away a picture flashes in my mind. <br />There I was a little girl again. <br />I watched astonished as you, my mother, <br />my only mother walked through the door. <br />I ran to you and flung my arms around you and I cried. <br />'Do not worry baby I'll never leave you again.' <br />Those were the words you said to me. <br />That was the promise that I knew would not last forever. <br />But really I was expecting it to last longer than a day.<br /><br />Kelsea Osterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/red-faced-child/
