Windows

A window opens
To a child
A chance she did not take
The window slams
Sealed so tight
Leaving a heart to break

A young scared girl
She once was
Hiding in her mind
Imagining how things
Could have been
Scared of what she could find

A long cold night
And she stayed warm
Alone in her bed
No one there
To hold her tight
Who knows the life she's led

No longer a child
She has grown
To a woman filled with fear
'Til she meets
Her gallant knight
His love she holds dear

A sleepless night
And she must stand
To see another day
A helpless child
She once was
Long ago and far away

A saddening dream
And she must wake
So other's can see
A hard lived life
That she once led
But now she is free

© Pamela N. Brown