A Poem Written by Vivian Ennis 10/22/01
A feeling that crawls on my flesh
My fast heartbeat doesn’t have any rest
Chest tightening ever so
Needing to give up this fight though
Standing at that phone booth
Knowing I cannot turn back to my youth
So absurd it seems
My heart still silently screams
Memories continue to flood in
Where again will I begin
Intensity longing fear inside
Long and gone is now my pride
Shackled down with unending fear
My thoughts going know where
I was still so young
Life had only just begun
Thinking you could help me
I am fear filled out here alone and free
I am too young to discern
In the abandonment I still yearn
Taking only what I could pack
There is now sure to be more lack
Abandoned with two children at my side
With no shelter to keep us inside