Message-ID: <40508asstr$1042942203@assm.asstr-mirror.org> Return-Path: From: Jack C Lipton X-Original-Message-ID: <20030118155636.37f73ce0.cupasoup@softhome.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ASSTR-Original-Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:56:36 -0500 Subject: {ASSM} Trial by Fear (poem) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 21:10:03 -0500 Path: assm.asstr-mirror.org!not-for-mail Approved: Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.moderated,alt.sex.stories Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d X-Archived-At: X-Moderator-Contact: ASSTR ASSM moderation X-Story-Submission: X-Moderator-ID: dennyw, newsman Author: Jack C Lipton Title: Trial by Fear Part: Universe: Reality (or as near as makes no odds) Summary: Anxiety Keywords: poem Revision: $Revision: 1.4 $ Archive: http://www.asstr-mirror.org/files/Authors/CupaSoup/www/ Mailing List: FAQ: Trial by Fear by Jack C Lipton We talked that night for hours explaining about our lives how we both had reached this place surviving all our fights She told me of her children there that late at night I learned so much of her fears and her former husband's choice There was little I could tell her for I hadn't yet lived true but I could feel for her and for all that she'd had lost Her children had been taken one cold and snowy night slashed tires and the ER kept her away from their flight Lawyers would not help her her husband had some right despite her custody papers she was advised not to fight Alone, so alone, she lived without a life to comfort her and remind her how her life was all worth while Mother's day, I was there when she hung up and poured out tears but I knew her and I loved her so I wrapped her in my arms We would see how we could live together yet far apart we did come to be so much closer for her this was no start Not serious yet grave our hearts they did yet mesh we could not be apart for long for I learned of love's price A woman is so fragile, as fragile as my heart but when she was there in it how strong it beat for both Her former mates family did try to do her wrong but when they cut her spirit it was me that did then bleed Protection I was sworn to, ahead of the famous vows I was dedicated to her defense against those far and near Those former wanted to deny her the children she had held dear but she had the words and magic to bring them home so near We married with her children as witnesses to our vows my wife to love and cherish her needs and mine to share The formers took them again away from whom had borne against the laws and warnings fled across state lines again For the feds didn't care then though now they do believe we had to pursue with papers and later to collect them here We were whole one small family living under serious threat for her former's father swore to take them from her yet We learned more legal jargon than any shouldst ever hear we fled ourselves from the state avoiding what we feared A family we lived together a year and more just us then we started yet one more and my son was on his way She still hides from her nightmares by only sleeping where she falls for dreams are no haven when the memories come to call I cannot help this woman who fights within her past I can only comfort her and remind her not to fear Fini -- Jack C Lipton | cupasoup@softhome.com | http://www.asstr-mirror.org/files/Authors/CupaSoup/www/ "If you're not confused you obviously don't understand human sexuality." -- Pursuant to the Berne Convention, this work is copyright with all rights reserved by its author unless explicitly indicated. +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | alt.sex.stories.moderated ----- send stories to: | | FAQ: Moderator: | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Discuss this story and others in alt.sex.stories.d, look for subject {ASSD}| |Archive at Hosted by | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+