and anguished pleas are hurled
at whatever god there may be.
Family and friends unite in disbelief
as do strangers with their underlying
relief
that it is not one of theirs. Scared
and shocked
they lock their little ones into the
security
of closed doors, empty streets
while parental heartbeats race
through heaving chests.
A community unites, frightened by the
ease
at which a child “playing out” has
suddenly
become an abduction.
Someone in their midst insists they
saw nothing,
have nothing to add, no story to tell
as distraught parents are trapped in
the hell
of ignorance, not knowing how to
cope,
while sorrow steals their hope.
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