The Enemy

Free Day for ReadWritePoem December 31, 2007

I checked the site and the prompt was: sanitary

Well, that wasn’t doing anything for me so I let it percolate for awhile. But all I could think about was what was happening to a little 11-year-old girl. Her mom has a crafting blog that I visit and just before Christmas they found out that Meghan has bone cancer. Her mom started another blog to record this ordeal. http://greenchairstudio.typepad.com/ They are looking for all the strength, prayers, and wishes they can get.


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The enemy
crawled into her arm
slowly, like a mountain
lion creeping up
on its prey

then curled
in the nest of bone
to chew away
on tissue

piece by piece
devouring
at will.

Now, the sheriff
and his posse
are out scouring
the terrain
for this predator

huge guns
in their hands
trigger fingers
itching to shoot

while she lies there
waiting
praying
hoping
that they won’t miss.