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Alyssa ur comment made me smile =]
I'm sure most of you have seen it though...maybe? But I liked it! So I'm sharing it with you! =]
> >> >>>>A poem that gives you Goosebumps!
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A drunk man in an Oldsmobile
> >> >>> They said had run the light
> >> >>> That caused the six-car pileup
> >> >>> On 109 that night.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> When broken bodies lay about
> >> >>> And blood was everywhere,
> >> >>> The sirens screamed out eulogies,
> >> >>> For death was in the air.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> A mother, trapped inside her car,
> >> >>> Was heard above the noise;
> >> >>> Her plaintive plea near split the air:
> >> >>> "Oh, God, please spare my boys!"
> >> >>>
> >> >>> She fought to loose her pinned hands;
> >> >>> She struggled to get free,
> >> >>> But mangled metal held her fast
> >> >>> In grim captivity.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Her frightened eyes then focused
> >> >>> On where the back seat once had been,
> >> >>> But all she saw was broken glass and
> >> >>> Two children's seats crushed in.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Her twins were nowhere to be seen;
> >> >>> She did not hear them cry,
> >> >>> And then she prayed they'd been thrown free,
> >> >>> "Oh, God, don't let them die!"
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Then firemen came and cut her loose,
> >> >>> But when they searched the back,
> >> >>> They found therein no little boys,
> >> >>> But the seat belts were intact.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> They thought the woman had gone mad
> >> >>> And was traveling alone,
> >> >>> But when they turned to question her,
> >> >>>They discovered she was gone.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Policemen saw her running wild
> >> >>>And screaming above the noise
> >> >>> In beseeching supplication,
> >> >>> "Please help me find my boys!
> >> >>>
> >> >>> They're four years old and wear blue shirts;
> >> >>> Their jeans are blue to match."
> >> >>> One cop spoke up, "They're in my car,
> >> >>> And they don't have a scratch.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> They said their daddy put them there
> >> >>>And gave them each a cone,
> >> >>>Then told them both to wait for Mom
> >> >>>To come and take them home.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I've searched the area high and low,
> >> >>>But I can't find their dad.
> >> >>> He must have fled the scene,
> >> >>> I guess, and that is very bad."
> >> >>>
> >> >>>The mother hugged the twins and said,
> >> >>> While wiping at a tear,
> >> >>> "He could not flee the scene, you see,
> >> >>> For he's been dead a year."
> >> >>>
> >> >>> The cop just looked confused and asked,
> >> >>> "Now, how can that be true?"
> >> >>>The boys said, "Mommy, Daddy came
> >> >>>And left a kiss for you."
> >> >>>
> >> >>> He told us not to worry
> >> >>> And that you would be all right,
> >> >>> And then he put us in this car with
> >> >>>The pretty, flashing light.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> We wanted him to stay with us,
> >> >>>Because we miss him so,
> >> >>> But Mommy, he just hugged us tight
> >> >>> And said he had to go.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> He said someday we'd understand
> >> >>> And told us not to fuss,
> >> >>> And he said to tell you, Mommy,
> >> >>> He's watching over us."
> >> >>>
> >> >>> The mother knew without a doubt
> >> >>>That what they spoke was true,
> >> >>>For she recalled their dad's last words,
> >> >>> "I will watch over you."
> >> >>>
> >> >>>The firemen's notes could not explain
> >> >>>The twisted, mangled car,
> >> >>>And how the three of them escaped
> >> >>>Without a single scar.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> But on the cop's report was scribed,
> >> >>>In print so very fine,
> >> >>>An angel walked the beat tonight on Highway 109.