Witness

The first time you called while I was in the room, I felt her race past me to get to you.

And I won’t forget.

Cradled in her daughter's arms, this time you came more gently.

And I won’t forget.

Years later I saw you force a grown man screaming to his knees, and I won’t forget.

Then came the night that you showed me your face.

You came to call before you took him.

And I am trying to forget.

#poetry #poems #life #death #memory

© Elizabeth McLaughlin