Slow motion
 moving
 backwards
 back
 slow, slowly
 slower
 slip
 slipping
 deep, deeper
 deep
 into the abyss
 welcomed
 by ghosts of
 the past,
 sung a
 twisted
 lullaby &
 cradled
 by the brutal
 arms of a
 future
 dark

 “welcome home child,
 welcome home”
  
 2/12/2020 ©Debbie Berk