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She's Never Coming Home

SHE'S NEVER COMING HOME On a two lane Nevada back road The morning painting up the dawn She met up with Eternity And he bribed her gypsy soul She wouldn't leave a road untraveled couldn't leave a dream unturned Risk was just tuition for a lesson to be learned With youth as her insurance A tender heart as her passport Sights unseen her religion Lives she touched it's reward. She's never comin home. Fate demanded payment before showing her the route So she paid the toll her most precious gift Her life that hadn't bared it's fruit. Death handed her a road map He pointed toward the stars. The breeze rustled her angel wings And she thanked him with a smile His face twisted in confusion He thought he made a righteous deal It was her that reaped the profit Nirvana now revealed She laughed at death I got a bargin because nothing ever ends There's only new beginnings And a chance to make new friends She's never coming home. She whispered papi don't you worry Sweet mama please don't grieve There is just someplace else where I need to be She embraced her pirate spirit And turned her sails into the wind Then set off on a journey Another place she's never been Highway niney five Nevada milepost thirteen At sunrise if you listen close You can hear her sing Live your dreams You've got to leave your dreams. She's never coming home.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 10/30/2018 1:16:00 PM
Heartbreakingly sorry for your loss. Reunion signpost up ahead, I think. We'll all know this road someday.
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Date: 3/10/2018 8:14:00 AM
I think this is fantastic! My comments are based on it being fiction, k? I immediately related to my own risky teenage adventures and was further drawn in by your dramatic imagery, the repeat of that line only adds to the emotional feel that couples the drama. It played like a short video, one that stays in your head for quite a while. A give you a YI, excellent creativity. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
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Judge Santiago Burdon
Date: 3/10/2018 8:10:00 PM
Actually non fiction it is about my daughter's death.

Book: Shattered Sighs