Awake
Getting Gray
Past’s hand on shoulder
Long time coming
Voice low
Uncomfortable chair
Dark office
God’s office
Soothing tone
Forgive
Heal
First look back
Truth confess
Steal the stress
Unburden the soul
Head bowed in shame
Easy road
Easy time
Easy choice
Looked and swayed
Said yes
All said yes
So yes
Went along
Family vote
On a life not yet lived
Could of stopped it
Selfish
Uncaring
Unkind
Big plans
In a hurry
To busy for that
An unborn washed away
Guilt
Shame
That was the game
Girl was good
Girl was great
Girl was damaged
Too young
Job done
I knew
The storm would come
Can’t wash away
What happened
All those years ago
Tell
Well …
News desk phone rang
Doing it now
No
Hung up
Threatened before
Shit not again
Out the door
Onto 42nd Street
Yellow taxi
Astoria
Oppressive heat
Oppressive life
Depressive wife
So much strife
Sick girl
Movie girl
Brown eyed girl
Black haired girl
Gorgeous girl
Genius girl
Troubled girl
Bruised and shaken
From a past forsaken
Don’t do it
No, no, no
Hey taxi man
Hurry, hurry, hurry
Death don’t wait
It was in her voice
Knew
Just knew
It’s bad
Jesus help
Window open, heat rushes in
The crackling grids of the 59th Street Bridge
Body soaked from fear and heat
Run and jump four flights of stairs
Body slumped over the chairs
White couch, red stains
Get help
Tie towels to arms
Stop blood
Red don’t mean dead
Stay awake,
Stay with me
Stay alive
Guess jeans
Lacoste t-shirt
All stained with pain
Bloody girl moaned and groaned
Ambulance phoned
Red and blue lights flashing
Arms wrapped, hospital bound
Alive
But broken
Lots of fixing
Inside and out
Phoned her mum
Phoned her dad
Phoned her sister
She’s coming home
Goodbye new husband
Goodbye New York
And so it went
Love and hate
Always halfway out the gate
Always late
But never hate
Left for the green, green grass of home
Tale over
That’s it, that’s all
Quiet voice
Calming voice
Forgive
Heal
Listen now
Young and bold
But never cold
Cleanse your soul
Forgiveness
Is within
Awake
I love this!
Impressively done