Heart Stolen

Yesterday a small piece of me left... It left my house, escorted by two police men and drove away in the back of their car. It caught me by surprise I must admit! Who could have known that in the span of two and a half hours I could... dare I say fall in love with someone? And yet it seemed to be so...

Brown eyes... a dark complection.... short hair... wearing nothing but shorts and runners. A little round in the waste line much like my Sethy and about a year or so younger then him. He didn't speak much and when he did it was more a mumble then anything....

"Your name?", I asked... He shrugged his shoulders...
"Where is your Mommy?", he shrugged again....
He should have but did not hesitate to come with me....

The police arrive just before we sat at the table to have supper. I was disappointed... I wanted him there even if it was for just one half hour more. I spoke with him and told him what was going to happen now. How the police men were going to take him for a car ride home. It was apparent he shared in my disappointment.

We sat there on our stairs and waved goodbye to this precious little boy who was leaving our life just as quickly as he had entered it. He left wearing Seth's shirt because he came without one. He left with Collier's Spiderman mask covering his face because provided him with a sense of protection... and he left with a piece of my heart...