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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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Date: 7/25/2018 11:18:00 PM
This poem expresses feelings many of us run away from - and I am including poets - the feeling that we might not be immortal, and that when this happens, we suddenly rewind the past in our minds, and desperately want a re-do. Knowing this, is a terrific step in the right direction. I hope you have shared this marvelous poem with your parents.
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Donna Newton
Date: 10/4/2018 7:26:00 PM
Thank you so much..and of course i did.. :)

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