Come Away Melinda

She turned each page slowly
Black and white memories

Her fingers touched each memory
As it trying to capture the moment

Each moment frozen in time
Captured eternally for her to revisit

A tear rolled down her cheek, onto a memory
And for a second the memory cried with her

Her mother's eyes, sad, looked back at her
She whispered softly, "I miss you."

She closed the pages of memories
Sat in silence for a while

It was over now, all the horror
The death and destruction

Her father touched her lightly on the shoulder
She looked up at him, "I miss her."

He smiled, a smile only barely hiding the pain
"Come Away Melinda. It's time to go."