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.
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.
