A missing girl is found.

He scrambled over to the leaf pile,
and started digging around,
it seemed as if he searched a mile,
probing,
trying desperately to find some hint,
a trace,
he grimaced a moment,
twisted face,
lost of faith,
then he felt something,
but it wasn’t vaguely a living matter,
it was cold, rough,
it tried to be tough,
dead for days,
ran through his mind,
as trauma plays
in his head,
he looked around in confusion,
his daughter’s dead…

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Comments (6)
  • ceegirl on Nov 9, 2009

    very lovely poem

  • Sammy2000 on Nov 9, 2009

    what sorrow my goodness pa

  • Shamanz on Nov 9, 2009

    the last line just broke my heart. Very emotional but sad. Brilliant Poem.

  • Sourav on Nov 9, 2009

    This is so tragic. I liked your description of the incident. Nice write.

  • Authoress Terry E. Lyle on Nov 9, 2009

    OMG, that’s tragic.

  • Authoress Terry E. Lyle on Nov 9, 2009

    OMG, that\’s tragic.

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