A quiet morning today

One that has opened up a path

The one inside her mind

A long forgotten image

Of 5 girls walking a mall

Happy, laughing-together

Dressed in tight blue jeans

Bright white sneakers

White blouses and bags

Typical teenage chatter

Growing in volume

As the window shopping continued

Sadly with time the 5 separated

Each growing a tail of sins

Especially against each other

The youngest-a poor student

Expelled from a public University

Later married as a necessity

The next one studied hard-very hard

A challenge along with some other hardships

Married finally but not a child to be seen

Middle girl was always a bully

Always had sticky fingers and thought she was cute

Her marriage has become a sham-no one speaks to her

Now you have the eldest of the group

Responsible for the rest

Shouldering responsibility not meant for her

Greed and arrogance guided three of the 5

The life lead was not what was taught

They turned on the eldest-hoping to destroy

In life there is payback-life does not forgive

The eldest defended herself but the taint

Of the others was difficult to remove

Now years later that taint is almost gone

It seems that tear made within her is almost healed

Or maybe it is the numbness that she feels

One tail after another

Bloating with poisonous ooze

Erasing the memory of long ago

 

MSM ©November 27, 2014