In my mind a stubborn woman
who never shed a tear
until...
Oh and there were times
we fought, like feral cats,
all claws, but there beneath
lay something more than
only love. Tougher, still
undefined until...
I wanted to be
that girl so young
and not to know of
murderous things
that grow and grow
hasten an end,
it was then,
I began
to wish you well,
prayed special prayers
to heaven or hell, did
they listen? I couldn't' tell,
not one to know or
even see,
it appeared to me,
not in a dream but
tacked on the back
of harsh reality,
we two
were less than nothing.