CAN YOU HEAR IT?
ARE YOU LISTENING
TO THE WORDS THAT SOME ONE IS SAYING,
HAVE YOU GOT THE TIME TO LISTEN
OR IS SOMETHING ELSE IN THE WAY?
CAN YOU HEAE IT?
OH, ARE YOU LISTENING
CAN YOU HEAR WHAT THEY SAY?
CAN YOU HEAR ME SAY?
AN ANGEL WILL TAKE ME BY THE HAND
THEN I WILL LOOK BACK,
TO FIND THAT OLD MAN JUST LYING ON THE FLOOR.
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I SAY?
THAT ANGEL WILL BE HERE SOMEDAY.
OH DADDY, DON’T TALK THAT WAY
WE HAVE 20 GOOD YEARS TO TALK EVERYDAY.
YOU KNOW I NEED YOU
YOU CAN’T LEAVE,
CAUSE MOM’S ALREADY GONE AND
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE
THAT REALLY UNDERSTANDS ME ANYWAY.
DADDY!
YOU CALLED ME ON THE PHONE TODAY
SAID, “BABY HAVE YOU GOT A MINUTE
I JUST FINISHED SOMETHING THAT I STARTED
A LONG,LONG TIME AGO.
IT’S FINISHED, IT’S FINISHED,
I’VE DONE ALL I CAN DO
SO LET ME READ THE PRELUDE TO THE BOOK
OF WHAT I HAVE FINISHED.”
AS SOMETHING ELSE WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME
HE SAID, “YOU CAN JUST CALL ME BACK
I’LL BE HERE,
BUT I’M SO GLAD IT’S FINISHED.
BYE, JUST CALL ME BACK
I’LL BE AT HOME.”
AS I SAT AT MY COMPUTER
I ONCE AGAIN CALLED HIM AT HOME,
NO ANSWER COULD I GET ON THE PHONE
FROM THAT OLD MAN THAT I DEARLY LOVE.
THEN I SAW A SHADOW
OF SOMETHING BY MY SIDE,
AND A FEELING THAT RAN MY BLOOD COLD.
I TURNED OFF THE COMPUTER
AND LEFT THE ROOM,
LATER TO RETURN TO WORK ON MY BOOK
THAT WE HAD BEEN SHARING TOGETHER.
I TRIED TO CALL HIM UPON THE PHONE
I GUESS HE’S GONE,
MAYBE GONE TO EAT
CAUSE IT’S CHURCH NIGHT.
NO ANSWER AGAIN.
WHERE COULD HE BE
WHY THE GRANDBABY IS SICK,
AND JUST EARLIER TODAY YOU HAD CALLED TO SEE
IF SHE WAS OKAY OR NOT.
NOW IT’S GETTING LATE
NOT AT YOUR FRIENDS,
AND COULDN’T BE AT THE LAKE
IT’S GETTING TO LATE, IT’S GETTING TOO LATE.
WHERE ARE YOU OLD MAN?
I CAN’T FIND YOU
I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE,
GARY GET UP
CAUSE DAD HAS NOT CALLED.
WE NEED TO SEE
I DON’T KNOW WHY,
HE WOULD JUST NOT CALL
I JUST CAN’T LET THIS BE.
WELL WE FOUND HIM THAT NIGHT
HE HAD TAKEN A FALL,
DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
EXCEPT FOR WHAT HE HAD SAID,
“I KNOW THAT AN ANGEL
WILL TAKE ME BY THE HAND,
AND TAKE ME TO ANOTHER LAND.
IT’S A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
SOMEWHERE THAT I WILL FEEL,
NO MORE PAIN AND SORROW
AND I’LL BE WITH MY MOTHER
AND MY SWEET ELAINE.”
SO, CAN YOU HEAR IT?
ARE YOU LISTENING
TO YOUR LOVED ONE,
WHEN THEY ARE SAYING
HAVE YOU GOT THE TIME TO LISTEN?
SO DON’T LET ANYTHING GET IN THE WAY
OF YOU LISTENING.
CAN YOU HEAR IT?
OH, ARE YOU LISTENING?
TO YOUR LOVED ONE,
WHEN THEY ARE SAYING
HAVE YOU GOT THE TIME?
NOW LISTEN!!!!!!!
DAD DIED ON AUGUST 9, 2000
AFTER, I DIDN’T LISTEN.
BETTY THOMAS
OCTOBER 6, 2000