DEPRIVED...

Deprived...

A beautiful face looked at her from above,

A face, smiling at her, with hair flowing about

The child giggled, groping with her hands towards the flowing hair...

The face bent down and kissed the two-year-old's forehead.

Suddenly the face started fading away,

And slowly, it vanished, smiling one last beautiful smile.

The child cried out loud, and frantically looked around

Searching for that face, which had so much kindness in its eyes...

It was midnight; the girl sat up straight in her bed.

Sweat beaded her forehead,

Tears filled her eyes, rolled down her cheek.

Her eyes searched carefully for that caring face...

There was none; she was alone, lost in the dark gloom of midnight.

She realised she had been dreaming,

Dreaming of her long lost mother...

Tears streamed down her face...

She looked up into the empty sky through window.

"I am deprived, deprived of my mother's love"

Her words reverberated in the silence.

But far up, from that black emptiness, smiled down at her, 

That beautiful face...