My True Love
by Barbara Lynn Terry

The shattered hourglass spilling sand,
raging voices dancing inside my head,
as I tried to listen to my favorite band,
but the voices were telling me I'm dead,
in a life that should not have been,
but couldn't be helped, and so when
I was born, I was doomed to be alone.

I cover my face with my covers in bed,
afraid that the bogeyman will take my head,
and his goblins will take the rest of me,
stopping me from being the girl I just need to be.

But my love has heard my distress,
and rides to save me, and as she fights
off the demons who held me captive,
I prepare to meet my heart's desire,
but as I look in the glass, I see I am a mess.
How can I meet my true love, looking like this?

But I am still afraid and I constantly dread,
the voices raging inside of my head,
as the shattered hourglass spills it's
last grain of sand, all is quiet,
and the battle is over. Who won?

As the dundgeon door swings open,
I see my true love,
with arms open wide.