A sunny day
A dry easter vacation breeze.
Their parents had warned the girls to stay within the meadow,
Away from boundary trees.
But T couldn't seem to see
Anything at all exciting but the shadows of the trees.
Samantha was off somewhere secluded
They were playing hide and seek.
Surely no one would fault T for searching somewhere they weren't supposed to be.
Each step felt enormous.
Like she was walking against the tide.
But the further she went out.
The easier it was to glide.
I wonder why you're so scary.
She looked up to the tree to say.
Monsters who have never harmed me don't scare me in any way.
Suzy's mom is in the hospital.
My mom baked her some cake.
Forced Samantha and I to sign the card,
'We hope you get better soon!' or something.
Everyone acts as though she's going to be fine.
But she has never been okay.
This wasn't the first time.
Suzy's dad's knuckles are so red.
He says he's in so much pain.
My mom tells me not to laugh at him when he talks.
And I don't anymore.
At least not to his face.
His shadow engulfs everything.
The hospital,
The bank,
Suzy's smiling face.
I'll make a deal with you
Shadow of this big scary tree.
You can have my favorite doll
As long as you keep him away from me.
You can have all the cake and biscuits in the world
If you take me away when I call.
I'm not scared of monsters.
I'm scared of the men in this town.
YOU ARE READING
Dainty Miss T.
PoetryDainty Miss T's parents have kept her isolated ever since her sister died. Confined to a cottage at the edge of town, she has nothing exciting to occupy her time and no one to keep her company... Or does she?
