Window by Lori Pettibone

Window

by Lori Pettibone

I used to spend my days

laughing

and singing

and running

in the sunshine.

I was young and free

and eager to love

unaware of the pain that

love could bring.

Til those who claimed

they loved me

turned away,

throwing stones at

my unprotected heart.

I took the stones

and used them

to build a wall around me.

Inside my wall I crouched,

Afraid to leave,

Afraid to love,

Yet afraid I'd never love again.

It was there you found me,

Gently, you reached out to me

and

pulled

the

stones

away,

creating a window for me

to look through.

Now I spend my days

gazing out my window.

I feel the warmth of the sunshine

and hear the children's laughter

and music plays in my heart again.