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Her Blanket by Debbie Battin
from Legacy 1999
Her Blanket
by Debbie Battin
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She clung to her red blanket,
It covered her nakedness,
She walked the cold, dark streets,
The blanket tightly wrapped around her frail body,
It gave her something to call her own,
She saw many other people with their wraps,
some a similar shade of red.
She noticed some with lighter colors and other darker,
Occasionally she saw a bright, white almost shining blanket
wrapped securely around a sturdy looking person.
She like her red blanket,
but there was something attractive about the white ones
She wondered how she could get one.
One day she saw a Man walking along the darkest streets.
He carried a large bundle of those beautiful blankets.
She shyly walked over to Him.
She paused, almost turning around as she
remembered that she had no money.
She quietly asked Him what the price was,
He looked tenderly at her and said, "They are free."
As she walked away with her new blanket
she heard the Man call after her,
"Please tell the others."
