Her Pain...

At the corner,

I was sure the tears would spill

from the pain

But they did not, immediately.

So, I could not see to

Sidestep

His spit.

(Just a boy...

spitting at the corner.)

I looked up

and then the tears spilled,

Startled

at his reaction...

his hands gently reaching towards me

and his eyes burning into mine

Saying,

"Please...please...I am so sorry."

Something I had forgotten

Stirred

and I was healed.

Joanne Saxon Hill

(from the 80s)