And I was squeezing my knees tight
As my legs folded into me
In the corner of my room
Where the walls met together
Hopefully to hug me
Hopefully to absorb me
Into the crease where they ended
And I was squeezing my eyes shut
As I held the phone up to my ear
And I screamed, “drive faster, I can’t stay here”
But I knew how far away he lived
And he dragged her up the stairs
But was she guilty too?
And my room was much too close
And I was much too far
From those two who were speeding
Swerving
Racing
To get here
But she told me she’d call 9-1-1
The next time that this happened
So she knew she knew it’d happen again
But the ringing never came
So they halted in the street
When the two cars red and blue
Saw me fling myself into their doors
And my tears ran faster than my feet
And I never wanted to be
The damsel in distress
But the universe knew that of course
And turned me into something weak
Something needing to be saved
If you think those two knights comforted me
Just imagine how I felt
When they realized why I couldn’t stop screaming.
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