A DRUNK MAN IN AN OLDSMOBILE

THEY SAID HAD RUN THE LIGHT

THAT CAUSED THE SIX-CAR PILE UP

ON HIGHWAY 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 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 SEAT CRUSHED IN

HER TWINS WERE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN

SHE DID NOT HEAR THEM CRY

AND THEN SHE PRAYED THEY’D BEEN THROWN OUT

"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 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 LEFT THE SCENE

I GUESS, AND THAT IS VERY BAD."

THE MOTHER HUGGED HER TWINS AND SAID

WHILE WIPING 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 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’LL 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

Eruth Loyalkat Sophie