by Dr. G. A. Anderson

Created on: March 20, 2010   Last Updated: March 29, 2010

Undone

She felt it coming all undone,

Everything they'd fixed

From where they'd come

Until this new day.

Emotions jumbled up and mixed.

From the day she first went there

She'd had a feeling - safe, secure,

Hoping she could learn from where

The troubles came.

There would be help, she was sure.

Memories kept from years ago,

She confided them all,

He'd wanted to know.

She trusted, believed that he'd

Not let her fall.

And never did he let her down

Her fears were eased,

Life turned around.

She'd never know how to thank him

For helping her to... breathe.

All the work, and all the pain,

All of nearly everything. One spring...

They talked about the rain.

It gave her joy,

It made her... sing!

The highest of highs

And the lowest of lows...

Despite her stubborn, stifled cries

He got her through

Things no one knows.

Years, many, nearly four.

Then one day, out of the blue,

There would be no more.

They'd say good-bye,

Or perhaps, "adieu."

That one last time

She climbed his stairs.

Dazed, and sadly too aware

she'd now be walking all alone

On puzzling pathways only hers.

Had it now come all undone?

Should ending have been a little slower?

Should've waited and learned how

To let it go if the work was over.

And who would she confide in... now?

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