MIRRORS OF LIFE
THE DYING
WELL PAPA, I FINALLY MADE IT
TO THE AGE YOU WERE WHEN YOU DIED,
AND I WONDER IF YOU FELT WHAT I NOW FEEL
LIKE THIS PIT OF EMPTINESS INSIDE?
DID YOU LONG TO CROSS OVER
JORDAN'S WATER DEEP,
DID YOU FEEL YOUR HEART LONGIN'
FOR THAT GREAT SLEEP?
DID YOU SQUIRM AROUND TO CHANGE THE PAIN,
FROM THAT OLD WHEEL CHAIR,
DID YOU LOSE YOUR WILL FOR LIVIN'
AND THE TASTE FOR ICE COLD BEER?
DID SELLIN' AND BUYIN'
LEAVE YOU HIGH AND DRY,
DID THE THOUGHTS OF LOVIN'
GIVE YOU A TEARLESS EYE?
DID MOMMA GET ON YOUR NERVES,
LIKE MINE NOW GETS ON MINE,
DID YOU GET ANGRY OFTEN
KNOWIN YOU WERE GOIN' BLIND?
DID FOOD SORTA LOSE ITS TASTE,
AND THE OLD POOL HALL IT'S CHARM,
COULD YOU FEEL ANYTHING, PAPA,
LIKE A PAIN IN YOUR LEFT ARM?
DID YOUR BACK ACHE AND HURT YOU,
AND YOUR HANDS TREMBLE SOME,
DID YOU RELIVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE,
THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE FUN?
NOW PAPA, DID AN ANGEL COME,
LIKE THAT ANGEL I SAW LAST NIGHT,
JUST RIGHT OUT OF THE BLUE,
AND GAVE ME SUCH A FRIGHT?
DID YOU SEE A SHAFT OF LIGHT,SO BRIGHT
LIKE I TOLD MY WIFE ABOUT,
WAS THERE A DOOR THAT OPENED UP,
AND FROM IT CAME A SHOUT?
IS THIS THE WAY GOD CALLED YOU, PAPA,
RIGHT BEFORE YOU LEFT FOR HOME,
COULD YOU SEE GRANDMA AND GRAMPS,
AND YOU KNEW YOU WOULD NOT BE ALONE?
WELL, HELLO MY DARLING PAPA
I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE DEAD,
AND WHO ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE
WALKING AROUND IN MY HEAD?
WELL, THERE'S OLD BLUE, THE FAMILY DOG
AND HE'S NO LONGER TIED,
MY GOD PAPA! IS THIS HEAVEN,
IS IT TRUE THAT I HAVE DIED?
SETEMBER 17, 2002
THEPOETSKISS COPYRIGHT 2002
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THE DYING
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