A Mother’s Nightmare
On a dark quiet night on a highway curve
A car loses control
It spins violently
As the car becomes airborne
And rolls down the hill
A dark figure flies through the air
No one can hear her screams
All that can be heard is a crunching
The crunching of the car
As it continues its deadly journey
On a dark quiet night on a highway curve
A little girl lies all alone
Alone and covered in blood
No one can hear her screams
For they are in her head
All that can be heard is a gurgling
As she chokes on her own blood
On a dark quiet night on a highway curve
Sirens break the silence
An ambulance hurries
Hurries to get the little girl to help
Can they save her?
A dark quiet night turns to day
And a mother waits
Waits for news of her little girl
The loud ticking of the clock counts
Counts every agonizing minute
As sanity slips away a doctor emerges
One look at his expression and the mother knows
Knows her little girl’s fate
As a dark quiet night turns to mourning
A mother walks down the hall
To a room where her little girl lies
Lies motionless in deathly silence
The mother touches her softly
No smile greets her
All that can be heard is the mother’s sobs
As days pass from that dark quiet night
The little girl lives
Lives through a cluster of machines
The mother sits talking quietly
Hoping for a sign
As her hope begins to falter
And the little girl seems lost forever
A small flicker is felt
Could it be? The mother thinks
Or is it her imagination
No! Slowly the little girl’s eyes open
Relief feels the mother’s heart
But as an unrecognizable look crosses her daughter’s face
The relief is replaced with fear
Fear that the journey has just begun
