"Time To Give Thanks"

Fragments of yesterday;
a scar in my mind;
to remember him.

Soaked in a bottle;
dressed in a gown;
falling down.

The poppy seeds
confusing him;
to strike me.

Running away
hiding; crying
in the rain!

“Someone save me!"
To help my Momma;
falling in the lane.

Helplessly hoping;
her body beaten
black and blue;

struggling from him;
screaming out loud!
"Please jail him!”

Time to give thanks
to the kind sheriff;
who saved us;

from our beatings
through the years;
scarred in our minds!

"A prayer to God,
for a new life;
that is kind.