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tori Senior Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 520Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA |
I lay in a hospital bed when I was only ten They didn't think I'd wake up again Sleep, sleep is all that they could see in my eyes The doctors said this was the end, nothing to do nowhere to began The red cross called them out by name, Bobby and Wayne came home again Was that day I opened my eyes to the see these solders to my surprise Confused and dismayed I didn't not know what to say,I think I remember I tried to smile I had not seen my big brothers in a while Wayne was on his way to Nam and Bobby the Drill Sergeant would stay behind and teach the young men how to fight strong This is the way it had to be, Wayne was to go fight for his country I closed my eyes and drifted back in to my sleep I didn't know if this were a dream, the handsome solders that I seen In all this time I lay in sleep, never did I dream, it was real, everything Shirley with the tears in her eyes, how hard she cried, behind her glasses they tried to hide, but there was no where for them to go, I saw her tears, and loved them so Debbie's face showed all the pain of seeing her baby sister drifting away, there were no words she had to say, her face was all I need see, to know how much that she loved me Only ten, but I knew just what she was going through She did not come again to see the pain that I was in Dorothy stood at the window sill a silhouette cold and still, with child was she, it was just to hard for her to look at me, yet I could hear her softly cry and knew what she felt inside, as soft and low she spent her tears, her love I felt as the tears ran, I wanted to reach and touch her hand And Linda not a sister by blood, but a sister indeed to my family, "wake up hussy" she would say, open them eyes to the light of day Of all that came family and friends, was the solders that I recall the best of all Standing in silence with tearful eyes and showing to me the love they felt, the shining brass buttons I saw on there coats gave to me a light of hope Then I went in to a dream, or so I thought, from what I seen Not white were they, but gray it seems these clouds that covered me in my dream My parents were there on their knees, crying holding each other helplessly, floating in the clouds, no end could I see I never saw myself, but I was there, it was from the middle I starred, back and fourth my eyes did go, to my parents kneeling down up to the hands above that reached out for me with tender love, so calm and gentle I knew, though I was only ten, from the holes in the hands, it was him It must have been peace for I felt not a thing, no pain, no sorrow, no uncertainty and it was with out words he spoke to me I felt somehow this was my choice to come or go Then I knew what he meant, it was not in heaven that my time, now be spent But just a glimpse did I seek from the brass buttons on a soldiers coat to pearly clouds in which I float And then it was I opened my eyes to see my parents at my side, holding each other crying helplessly, a priest was praying at my bed, to him not a word I said. Mama and Daddy why are you crying? I'm thirsty I said, and my daddy put his hand on my leg and cried "she's home" But little did my daddy know home is where I didn't go Now he's there he understands, that one day I will come and take his hand We all will come and take our place, and laugh and love wraped in his grace Out of this coma I awoke, the doctors bewildered, they gave no hope, they just could not say what brought me back But I know as I knew then I manage to come along, with each passing day I got strong , its been many years since I was ten And I know that I was touched by him _____________________________________________ We all have a road to walk, take time to say the things you feel for it my not be there tomorrow! We live with a treatment not a cure, our time cut short, our illness many, and we grow by the thousands So your love one never walks this road Give all you can to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Its time for a cure, now! We are so close, don't distance yourself so far Thanks, Tori To Find a Cure for Diabetes and Its Complications through Research tori 1999 |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
This was very good!!!!!! A tear jerker with a happy ending. The good Lord had better things in mind for you!!! |
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tori Senior Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 520Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA |
He sure did!! Thanks for reading it.. T. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If with pen in had I've made you think I've not wasted one drop of ink vlh. |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Tori, I found this one lurking in the stacks. I liked it enough to bring it up. ------------------ Shall I indulge in flights of fancy hampered by clipped wings? DreamEvil© |
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tori Senior Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 520Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA |
Awe thanks DE.... |
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Princess Lily Member
since 1999-07-13
Posts 149USA |
Positively one of the most beautiful pieces of work that I have evr read.~Lily ------------------ We see only what we want to see~unless perhaps~we believe *A rose is a rose it withers and dies...so long as you keep it the memories stay alive* |
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tori Senior Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 520Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA |
From the Heart... Thank you so much Lilly..... |
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