Drabble Six:
Mercy
I must confess you're my safety pin
Hold me together
Hide me well
So he cannot tell the state that I am in
Bicycle Tricycle
-Rosie Thomas
"Please! No!"
"Rick. Please."
Her words rip my heart from my chest.
I set her down. I don't want to hold her back. Don't want to be the villain.
But I have to protect her.
I pin her against the car. Cover her mouth, clumsy and oafish. She tries to be that brave girl her father told me about.
No nightlights.
I'm sorry. So sorry.
Her hand on my cheek.
I'm here. Please don't cry.
I can't make this right, so I hold her as close as she'll let me and wait for the end.
God, I want to be her nightlight.