Touch of a Child

T’was yesterday dipping toes in the water, telling tales by the campfire, eager to walk the trails and unafraid tasting life... T’was yesterday spent chasing dreams as storms overwhelmed the future. The painted rainbow endings vanished, became a childish fantasy... T’was yesterday when the smile fled to memories. Steps faltered in scabbed over pain, an unhealed grief filled with life’s doubts... T’was yesterday, a seventh-day meal tasted in solitude bound hope. The silhouette of depression’s hunger dissolved by light. T’was yesterday the trust of a child deemed the heart worthy. Love blossomed from healing touches into new growth. Janet Vick Free Verse