Photo by Elizabeth Halt
Photo by Elizabeth Halt

she said please

June 23, 2013

i can’t, she said.
i feel, she said.

i’m scared, she said.
i’m alone, she said.

i’m lost, she said.
i don’t know how, she said.

i need, she said.
please, she said.

hush, she said.
i’m here, she said.

it’s time, she said.
you’ll see, she said.

you can, she said.
you will, she said.

trust, she said,
please.

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5 comments... (add a comment)

  1. when you’re afraid or sad
    remember
    you have a poet’s soul.
    it explains all.
    i hope she did say yes!

  2. This just says sooo much about the tender vulnerability of all human experience… This is quite breathtaking, Elizabeth… WOW… ((HUGS))

  3. elizabeth

    Jerry & Tammy: If she is anything like me, it probably depends on the day.

    Tracy: Mmmm. Thank you.

    Tracie: Hello! And thank you.

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