Glass Slide

 

Put there by

somebody feeling nasty

broken glass

by the children's slide

 

not content

with leaving it plainly

piercing shards

they decided to hide

 

I watch

my five-year-old daughter

slide headfirst

arms forward and

face open wide

 

" Look at me !"

 

changes to

piercing screams

as

 

such sharp glass

slices

such a soft child

 

 

© Mark Shepherd

www.dashpoetry.com