no one came to save her
but it wasn't the first timeshe made threats
she was likable
and persuasive
even talked me
even talked me
off a ledge once
made me supper
at her place
but
but
no one came to save her
and she asked forgiveness
and she asked forgiveness
from God in her last words
i keep seeing her
at the edge of the dock
howling and wailing
waiting for someone
to show up and
help her fight
in the end though
no one came to save her
but three-hundred people
but three-hundred people
cried at her wake
sang amazing grace
myself among them
_
Joseph Osel is a writer.