The Call

 just waking up

with the baby on the table

getting ready for the day

i won’t forget

not that day

 

with a good morning

a cheerful sound

the silence behind it

the call

the tears

 

730am I get the call

they did all they could

nothing they could do

she was already gone

 

how

how could she

i just talked to her

she isn’t

she can’t

 

the phone almost falls

as someone comes and gets me

someone gets the baby

before I lose it completely

 

shaking

crying

hysterics

almost screaming

 

this isn’t real

i am in a dream

no, she was fine

she isn’t gone

 

they did all they could

630 they called her

that was it

she was no more

 

I stand there cold

with the snow falling

the last time I saw her

the last time I saw snow

 

i said goodbye

with everything i had left

every bit of strength I had

it was time to let her go

 

not a day goes by

that i don’t think of her

the smile

the love

she is in my heart forever

Written: 2005