Watch and Pray
By: Joy Ortiz
She was watching tv
Zoning out
Not noticing
As she absently jabbed
A wooden drum stick
Into her stuffed animal's
Bottom.
We saw her.
"Hey! What are you doing?"
"Nothing."
"Well, don't put that there.
It's weird."
My daughter.
She is five.
It could be nothing.
God, I hope
It's nothing.
I am gripped by icy chills.
My thoughts race,
Scanning, analyzing
Everyone who fills her life.
Could it be?
Has someone
Touched her?
Oh my God.
She never stopped
Watching tv.
She laid the toy aside.
Calm.
Normal.
This fear,
Is it
Paranoia?
Or a mother's intuition?
Was it a sign,
Or just
An absent-minded,
Innocent
Coincidence?
I am her mother.
What can I do?
Watch and pray.
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