| THE MESSAGE...PG 1... THIS ONE TOO WAS SENT IN A DREAM....I'VE HAD IT FOR AWHILE BUT WASN'T SURE HOW TO END IT.....THEN I JUST STARTED SCRIBBLIN' ONE DAY AND THERE IT WAS!! IT'S STORIES LIKE THIS ONE THAT MAKE ME MORE CONVINCED THEN EVER THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL OF JUST HOW AND WHEN A CERTAIN PIECE MAKES IT TO THE PORCH.....SOMEONE OUT THERE NEEDS TO SEE THIS ONE AND I HOPE THEY GET "THE message!!" ENJOY!! |
| THE MESSAGE The photographs were everywhere Scattered throughout the home On the walls and every table Frames of brass and wood and chrome The backgrounds were quite different Shot in many different places As well as times of day and year But all showed the same two faces The man and woman in every one Looked to be in the kind of love That is sent to us for certain From Heaven up above They’d met while both were still in school And recognized each other’s heart Knowing they were meant to be together Right from the very start She asked, “How much do you love me?” He replied, “You’ll never know” Then he spread his arms both out As far as they would go Saying, “I’m not too poetic But I promise you I’ll care And I swear I’ll always love you All the way to there!!” He looked so silly standing there With his arms so far apart To prove the love he felt for her That it instantly melted her heart! And that became their mantra “All the way to there!!” A secret way for them to show How much they each would care! A phrase they never shared with anyone Although they used it through the years For each farewell, hello goodbye A tradition they held dear! In the third year of their marriage God blessed them with a child A little boy with his Daddy’s nose And Mama’s curls all blonde and wild Their happiness grew until it seemed The world took on a golden glow They years went by as hand in hand They watched their baby grow He was his Daddy’s pride and joy His Mama’s secret treasure When his 4th birthday came to pass They both smiled in mutual pleasure If only they had known that day Amid the bustle of birthday clatter That the perfect life they cherished Was soon to crash and shatter It was September that same year On a gloomy, rain-soaked day The sheriff called and said she must Get to the hospital right away!! There’d been an awful highway wreck Her husband had been involved The sheriff didn’t know his status But she must come, that’s why he’d called Her son was still at daycare She phoned her mother to come and stay Later she was unable to recall Speeding toward the town that day continued >>> |
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