At first, it was easy to walk away,
but the shadows seemed to grow
and soon they started to shift
I tried so hard to reach out
and that is when I heard him shout
Yet, I didn't know what it was all about
soon I got very bad pains
that rain all over my body
in and out like I was cut up from with.

Judy Emery © 1983
The Queen Of Darken Dreams Poetic Judy Emery