Peyton
Deep Dreams and Hurtful Lies
Dedicated to my papaw, the one that means the most to me, i love you, papaw
Papaw and Me
papaw's on the couch at our house
with me on his lap,
he says,
"i want you there at my funeral when anything
happens to me, you make sure you're there;
don't let nobody keep you away."
i say,
"papaw what are you talking about? of course
i'll be there. but why do you look so sad?"
he doesn't answer but i can see he knows
somethings coming.
now three weeks later we're
sitting in the hospital waiting room.
the doctor comes out
he says,
"Mrs. Sayre" to my grandmother
we see the worry on his face as he says to her
"seems your father has prostate cancer"
everyone knows what this means but me
i feel as if i'm all alone
no one here to tell me everythings going to be okay
and as i see him sitting on that overstuffed
couch in the hospital room
i reach out to touch his hand.
and now i finally realize
it's over,
he's gone,
nothing more than a fragment of my dreams.
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