Picture elements courtesy of Pixabay. Assembled by CA Hawthorne.
Kidnapped,
or so she must have been,
taken to a fearful place
too many children know.
Wondering why,
yet never understanding,
scared to face the night,
though the days
held more of the same.
Waiting for Scarecrow,
Tin Woodsman,
and the Cowardly Lion
to come.
But they never came.
No rescue,
no salvation.
Didn’t they care,
or had they forgotten?
Years passed,
she laughed
at the silliness of such hopes,
yet,
sometimes,
in the quiet of night,
she wondered,
“Maybe tomorrow?”
©September 2016, July 2020
Christina Anne Hawthorne
Christina Anne Hawthorne 