* Only child

A deep sadness
overtook her
and she wept.
She wept for
herself
For her
loneliness
For her
aloneness.
She wept for her Mama
and then
for her Papa.
She missed them terribly
for she had
been an
only child.
A lonely child.
She felt sorry
for herself
She wept some more.
Many pieces of her heart
had been lost on the journey.
She felt to gather herself
together again
would be impossible.

Jan./2005