A Lie
“Mommy what is that?”
Linsey asked her Mommy as she was changing her baby brother.
She was only three so her Mommy brushed it off
and said anything just to pacify her.
“Oh that’s something they forgot to cut off
in the hospital when Shawn was born.”
Then totally forgot all about it for she
was busy, tired and exhaustively forlorn.
A week later while her mommy
was hanging up clothes in the back.
Lindsey remembered what her mommy told her
and had a scissors in her lap.
Her mother heard an ungodly scream
that sent chills up and down her spine.
She dropped the clothespins immediately and
in the direction of her baby she made a beeline.
There sat little Lindsey with bloody scissors
in her hand and her baby brother lying beside.
She couldn’t believe what she was seeing
“God Help Me”, she screamed and cried.
“What did you do Lindsey,
what in God’s name did you do”
Lindsey sat there in fear when she quietly replied,
“Mommy thought I was helping you.”
“You told me they forgot to cut it off so”
“I did it for you Mommy and baby brother too.”
“I wanted to make you happy Mommy, “
“was it a bad thing for me to do?”
Waiting for the ambulance to arrive
Linsey’s Mom thought of the innocent lie she told.
This lie that would torment her forever,
one that would be with her as she grew old.
Written by,
Bonnie May
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Very moving and very touching - you put so much of yourself into all your poems . . . wonderful!!
Hugs and love,
Lance
I put my money in my bra and son saw me one day and said "pocket". I smiled and said, "Yeah, this is my pocket." Wonder if that will cause some problems down the line.
Sandie Angel :o(
Georg
Love and Hugs
Edwin
I'm pulled up from naive thoughts of a wonderful world every so often; for instance, this morning I had a vision of the Black and Decker drill wielded by a homicidal maniac.
Truly, we live amidst horror and hilarity.
When I get the amt I will let you know...e
Fee
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :(