Donna Newton Poet Rhyme

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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Caren Krutsinger July 25, 2018 at 11:18 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. Donna Newton October 4, 2018 at 7:26 PM Thank you so much..and of course i did.. :)