Epiphany
I awoke from a dream
the other day
it wasn't a normal
dream for me
becauseI woke up
in a cold, cold sweat
after I'd had an epiphany
The foresight to which
I would foresee
took my breath away
and no matter how deep
of a breath I gulped
the anxiety became
urgency
This feeling that I kept,
was the feeling one gets...
like a baby needing it's nursing
still I chuckle inside
while I pushed it to the
back of my mind
and went on about
my day as nothing
towards the end of the week
I was knocked off of my feet
with the ringing of the phone
It was my mama to say,
" I had a heart attack that day
luckily I wasn't alone".
After this call
I would sit and weep
for the many years
I had given her
adolescent grief
if I could turn back
the hands of time
I would not do it
Just for me
I would do it for
my mom and dad
as nothing can
prepare me
for being so sad
I now replay
my thirty six years in life
to figure out
how it all flew by
and as I follow the deaths
through our generation tree
yep, the next is my parents..
and then will be me
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