Posted by Daisym on March 4, 2006, at 22:16:13
Elephant Ears
“Don’t tell,” he hisses as he leaves each night.
She nods, just barely, frozen with fright.
She knows and agrees, that telling is wrong.
She’ll keep his secret, her whole life long.But her tears whisper words into elephant ears.
She pours out her pain, and her rage and her fears.
That poor elephant suffers, crushed tight to her chest;
Wet from the weeping, yet still comforting best.Her elephant hears and holds it all in,
And keeps vigil each time it happens again.
And doesn’t flinch at the words, it’s not too much to hear,
There’s nothing too horrible for an elephant ear.Not the scary descriptions of his fingers that probe,
Or how her face burns as he has her disrobe.
Or how she holds perfectly still, as he pumps up and down
and later bleeds all alone, not making a sound.So many silent whispered wishes, so much hurt and so much pain
She pours all over Daisy, who shares her secret stain.
But this elephant is magic, she never leaves and she won’t tell,
She gently soothes the broken soul and weaves a healing spell.
poster:Daisym
thread:616034
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