Turn on the Lights

Three times I walk the hall

Three times I think

Three times darkness

Tears times three

Hesitation times three

Standing still times three

They are in the dark

They wait for me

Trusting that I will come

Looking down the hall

Quietly checking each room

Sitting in the dark watching

I know they are gone

I know they don’t wait

I know they are in the earth

Laying in darkness forever

No longer waiting for light

No longer waiting for me

But still I think

It’s too dark turn on the light

For Bunnyman and Charlotte

©Saroya Poirier    September 8, 2012