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How Do I Tell You?


How do I tell you
what's going on?

I don't know
what to say,
your dad is sick
and he needs us right now.

We have to tell him
exactly how we feel,
because after a while,
he won't be able to talk.

His face is becoming paralised,
his tongue is numb,
he can't taste his food,
he might have had
a stroke in his sleep.

I know you are scared,
but we have to keep the family
together for him,
we have to stay strong.

How do I tell you,
without falling apart?

Copyright Cynthia Jones
May.8/2004

This is what I would tell my kids, if I weren't scared to fall apart in front of them.







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