Donna Dallas

The Good Witch

She followed me
I almost died 
at the hands of a monster 
dressed as a man 

I was a child
she was ageless

If I dreamt this 
let it be
someone somewhere 
watched 
waited 
and something somehow 
prevented 
this malice

This 
a secret 
and perhaps one day 
when I’m dead 
a legend 

She came back 
to brush my hair
in the hospital 
when I again was left 
for dead 
by the hands of a different monster 

It’s been quiet 
since those dystopian days 
that part of me – that craved sick wildness 
has long since died off 

There’s nothing to protect 

At night I dream into her 
she cradles me still

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