A sweet college girl
pretty and quite smart
she got drunk at a bar
one night and became
separated from her
college friends
how that happened
to this day is a
mystery
maybe her friends
were too drunk to
care or notice her
absence from them
I only know when
she stumbled out
of the bar at 2:30 am
she was never seen
again until her violated
remains were found
hidden in some tall
grass on the side
of a lone highway
I read the story in
the news and see
a photo of her
maybe it’s foolish
maybe it’s futile
but I look look into
her eyes in the photo
and say I’m sorry
you went out that
horrible way
and I pray to God
that she’s in a place
where it won’t matter
that she died so young
in such a horrible way
and I wonder why in a
world supposedly
under a loving God
so many horrible and
evil things keep
happening
Bob Boyd