Tuesday, March 16, 2010

When A Daughter Runs Away


She just left.
No explanations, no trace.
Perhaps so afraid of consequences, of failed expectations.

A deeply sorrowful mother weary from much crying,
yearning
for a relationship that could have been far less distant.

A very young sister so confused,
praying, hoping, wishing,
for that important part of her to come back.

A distressed father
who traveled all the way north in search for her.
And failing. 

A family now deeply longs
for that joy found only in that embrace
from the daughter who ran away.