A BRIGHT LIGHT SHINES

I can hear my wife crying

My children crying too

The machine

Is breathing for me

And I don`t know what to do

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I try to say

Look, I’m alright

But not a sound comes out

I’m trying to move my body

And inside

I start to shout

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Then silence

as they leave the room

I lay there all alone

I’m praying that

it’s just a dream

I`ll wake up

and be home

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A long time passes

A day or more

Or that’s how it appears

I hear footsteps

In the room, again

As I realize my fears

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They play My favorite music

And say, how much they care

They tell me, that they miss me

And that they know, that I’m still there

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Doctor, can he hear us

are we just, grasping at straws

The doctor says, I’ll do some tests

And then, I’ll tell you more

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My wife comes back into the room

She holds my hand and sobs

The kids are crying now as well

As the nurses do their jobs

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Please take as long as needed

To say your last goodbye’s

Panicking franticly

I, try opening my eyes

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I’m shouting, I’m still here

As the breathing tubes took out

And Then, the room goes silent

As my heart begins to pound

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Then suddenly calmness

Like a blanket covers me

I feel I’m getting weaker

But, it doesn’t frighten me

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A bright light shines

Upon my face

And suddenly, I see

not the room, that I was in

but a flower, covered field

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And there running towards me

Smiling, filled with glee

Are all my long-passed relatives

Who were waiting there for me

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