Daddy's No Longer Here
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Never thought the day would come
Especially in a month or two in my freshman year.
I dreamed of it once or twice before.
A nightmare, just a nightmare is enough to shed a tear,
But I did not think it would be so near;
My upmost fear.
Midday Saturday, a bang against the wall came from our father's room.
Against the wall lays our daddy, dizzy, dazed, and deaf from head to ear
A faint moan escapes his lips.
As my nightmare comes to life, I start to fear.
"Zoila! Did you call an ambulance? Why are they not here?"
The scene displayed in front of me, I do not cheer!
My father is taken away to the hospital, soon after is announced he will stay overnight.
Will he be gone tomorrow? Please, no. He must know that I have great revere.
Now the sky is gray. The only thing left is to pray.
The only thing lit is the chandelier;
My only light through the night shines, but as I sit alone, I can feel death is near.
My heart aches as dawn breaks because the sky is very drear.
As my brother drives to the hospital, I know something is awfully wrong.
My heart pounds faster as we're near.
We park and I run, I run, run faster barley feeling my legs.
The elevator rings and I can hear-
My mother's cries from inside the elevator. This kills me more, and I start to tear.
I dash to my father's side, and I feel his cold limp hand then I know he's no longer here.
