So Long Ago

For Carry on Tuesday Prompt
from the last line of The Glass Menagerie:
"And that is how I remember them."

Days of childhood

little girl lost,

robbed by death,

yet safe and cherished,

by special love

in those eary years...

....and that is how I remember them.

Later childhood,

another place

family fitting

mold of the times..

days of normalcy...

school and play and fun

....yes, that is how I remember them.

Adolescence changes

secrets and shame

family never

to be the same

days of loneliness

unanswered prayers...

....for that is how I remember them.

Days as a victim

torture in the night

unable to escape

no rescue in sight

Days of living lost and alone...

.....and that is how I remember them.

g.k.bostic - 3/6/11