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Margaret Modlik Poem
FAREWELL TODAY TO CRACK COCAINE; IT FINALLY CAME ALONG.
SO MANY YEARS YOU INTERFERED, YOUR STRENGTH WAS OH, SO STRONG.
I HAD A JOB, PROVIDED WELL, GOD SHELTERED WITH HIS LOVE.
YOU SHOWED UP EVERY TIME IT SEEMED, REGARDLESS OF ABOVE.
I WENT TO WORK EACH DAY ON TIME, AS HARD AS IT WOULD BE,
SOMETIMES I CHOSE TO STAY AT HOME 'CAUSE YOU WERE THERE WITH ME.
SO LONG IT TOOK FOR ME TO SEE THE WICKEDNESS IN YOU;
I THOUGHT EACH TIME I TOOK A HIT, I'D SEE A BETTER VIEW.
THE MONEY CAME AND MONEY WENT, I KNOW JUST WHEN AND WHERE,
THE CHILDREN DIDN'T GET IT THOUGH...I DIDN'T EVEN CARE
I SEE YOU NOW FOR WHAT YOU ARE, PURE POISON TO MY MIND;
THE GRATITUDE I HAVE FOR THIS, GOD REALLY IS SO KIND.
THEN TIME HAD PASSED AND I RELAXED AND DRIFTED JUST A BIT
AND WHEN I WASN'T LOOKING, YOU TOOK A TIGHTER GRIP.
HOW DARE YOU DO THIS AWFUL THING, YOU NEVER GO AWAY!
BUT I WILL FIGHT AND STAY IN TOUCH AND REALLY, REALLY PRAY.
THAT'S SOME PLACE, I KNOW IT NOW, I NEVER WANT TO BE.
SO WITH MY GOD, MY PRAYERS AND FRIENDS, YOU'LL NEVER BE WITH ME.
YOU'RE SO CUNNING AND SO BAFFLING, AND I'M MOST OF THE TIME BLIND
BUT WITH GOD'S GRACE I'LL FIGHT IT, ONE DAY AT A TIME.
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Margaret Modlik Poem
MUCH TIME HAS GONE BY
STILL YOU'RE NO WHERE IN SIGHT.
MY DEVOTED COMPANION
BY MY SIDE DAY AND NIGHT.
I STILL SEE YOUR VISION
ON MY BED, WHERE YOU'D LAY,
ALWAYS LOOK AS I KNEEL
EACH NIGHT BEFORE I PRAY
DO I HOPE YOU MIGHT BE THERE?
YOU WERE THERE ALL THOSE YEARS
THEN REALITY HITS ME...
MANY NIGHTS BRING THE TEARS.
ONE NIGHT I LAY SLEEPING,
YOUR NOSE GENTLY NUDGED MY CHEEK,
AS I LOOKED, YOU STOOD OVER ME,
"TASH, LIE DOWN...GO TO SLEEP!"
YOU TRIED SO TO TELL ME,
STILL...NOT A WHIMPER, NOT A CRY
SO HOW COULD I KNOW,
YOU WERE STARTING TO DIE.
EACH DAY IS LIKE ANOTHER,
SO LONELY, YOU'VE GONE.
OUR CAR'S COMPLETELY EMPTY;
DRIVING ALONE? TAKES TOO LONG.
SO YOU SEE, MY SWEET TASHA,
YOU WERE MORE THAN A PET
'CAUSE SINCE YOU'RE NOT WITH ME
MY ROUTINE'S JUST A WRECK.
CHARGED FORWARD, WHILE OTHERS ABANDONED,
STRONG COMMITMENT, SO TRULY RARE.
FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU CHOSE TO GUARD ME,
LAID DOWN YOUR LIFE TO PROVE YOU CARED.
YOU SURPASSED ALL THE OTHERS,
SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE REST.
JOYFULLY FILLED ALL MY HOURS
MY TRUE BUDDY, YOU'RE THE BEST!
THERE IS ONE THING I'M SURE OF
'TWAS FOR ME YOU DEEPLY CARED!
KNOW YOUR MEMORY LIVES WITH ME
FROM THE LONG LIFE THAT WE SHARED.
I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER!
MOMMY
April 17, 1998-March 6, 2010
Copyright © Margaret Modlik | Year Posted 2010
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