PIGGY BACK
Ultimate Fear is:
Being 8 years old
Looking after two younger brothers
Alone in an air raid
Leaves rustling outside the window
Disturbed by unknown feet.
Hearing
The engine roar
The silence before
The screaming fall
Of a Buzz Bomb
That scores a direct hit
On your building.
Little Fear is:
Calling for Daddy
Who is 3000 miles away
To scare the feet outside the window
Disturbing the leaves.
To reassure yourself
Your baby brothers.
by Richard Westland
Copyright © Richard Westland 2007