PARK MY SOUL SO... I CAN'T FEEL, SEE OR HEAR
BY GLORIA FAYE BROWN BATES/ aka GRANNY GEE
I wouldn't have known how you cared
when I was so sick, so scared
You just walked up to me, looked in my eyes
you saw how sick I was, you heard my cries
You spoke kind words to me
that touched my soul, you see
How can I forget a stranger doing this
she leaned down, on my forehead ..left a kiss
Thank-you kind soul for caring for me
I have no one, not even family
Skip is here.. he is a part of me
he is everything, I know you can see
I cry from so deep down, I'm not here
but, I am.... I'm trying to go inside ... the fear
of knowing something I don't want to know
please drug me, this once I don't care!
I heard something alittle while ago that I can't bear
help me, Skip... let them drug me, I don't care
No longer a fear of taking drugs, the pain unlike
any I've ever felt, my life's no longer bright
I have begun my journey into the darkness in disbelief
let me be, I'm no longer here... oh God, the medicine is a relief
Thank-God I can be in this darkness where you can't see
how bad this is hurting me
A strange voice said 'ma'am, I have a man
collapsed here on the sand, on the ground
He isn't breathing, nor making a sound
Skip, where are you I called as I looked around
Skip, please come, take this phone
my whole world has dropped away from me, I'm alone
I don't believe, what did he say
oh my God, does he mean... my son has gone... away?
A stranger's voice called on Tommy's cellphone
what he said, made my world go away, I was alone
The pain, the realization trying to seep in
my mind couldn't take it, my world feels as if... it's coming to an end
Skip, please help me, take me to the ER
let them drug me, I cried... as he put me in the car
Park my mind, my soul, my body in a dark place... let me be
I don't want to see, hear, feel now... can't you see?
I've never wanted drugs, but... now, please just drug me
I have to go on the darkest journey of my life... just let me be
Don't you cry now...I have to go, I can't stay here
Just hold me, Skip... I know you care
For now, I have to go away, I have no thoughts, my son
is dead, I have no thoughts now... my son died
My world went dark, my soul cried
Tommy, where are you, why did you have to go?
A million years later, I began to hear Skip calling to me
I began to hear him in the darkness... Gloria, come to me
I began to cry as I felt my way back on that cold, dark path
trying to come back
Come back, everything's going to be alright, you're not alone
you haven't been since you heard the stranger's voice on Tommy's cellphone
I've been right here all along, by your side
I've been here hearing your cries
Come back, it's going to be alright, I'm here for you
I love you, Baby Girl, don't forget the Pups are here, too
I felt two cold noses on my hands, tongues licking me
I opened my eyes to see
Skip and our two precious Pups, Kissy and Chadwick
I looked at them as I heard the clock tick
I wonder how much time has gone by
since I began to travel in the dark world where all I could do was cry
The sun began shining on my path, darkness began to disappear
making me go toward the light, I don't want to stay here!
I want to live now, be happy with Skip
and our Pups.... Kissy and Chadwick!
I can't imagine what it took for you to write that poem. It touches my heart so much. I know time is suppose to heal all wounds but there are some wounds that time is very slow to heal. Your precious Tommy would not want you to be sad and still hurt but sometimes we hurt in our own way and heal in our own time. Some pain just doesn't go away for a long long time. Love, Ms. Nancy
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