It Was Only Just A Dream

Once upon a time...when I was 7...
I thought my mommy was going to heaven;
We went to bed early, as we usually do...
Only to be waken by a family feud.

I heard the stomping on the gravel rock, right outside my window-sill,
So I remained really quiet, held my breath; kept really still.
All of a sudden I heard a gun shot...then a cry;
It was at that moment, I thought my mommy died.

I crawled deep under the covers, wishing I was wrong...
I hummed "Wind Beneath My Wings", bc thats our favorite song.
I felt the covers fly up above me, and through a cool, yet muggy breeze
my mommy put her arms around my neck and underneath my knees

She whispered to me..."I love you lil man, everything will be alright,
because the baby, you, and I will stay at a friends tonight."
I smiled; held her neck real tight, and kept my cheek pressed gainst her hair,
As we passed the blurry stoplights, her voice trembled, "we're almost there."

I asked her what happend? why was dad so mad?
I saw him with his friends....then he wasn't mad! 
She told me it didn't matter, we would stay away
He would have to get better, before we would come back
to stay.

A little time had passed, my 8th birthday was coming up,
Man it sure would be great, if I could have good luck.
I dont want pain, I dont want fears, I dont want bad things to happen,
I'm sick of sudden tears

I know why she stays, she thinks shes helping him, hes the father to us/her children, and she protects him from him....
hes suffered so much tragedy, normal parents what a joke,
she loves him unconditionally; til the day he croaks...

I reached out for my water, next to my bedside light...
and I realized I was awake, but had a restless night.
I put on my bedroom shoes, and walked right down the hall
They were sitting snuggled up together wrapped in grandmas shaw...

Love, Peace, and happiness surrounded them, so it seems
and every one of those bad things.....were "Only Just a Dream!" 

Wrote by KLGB 8yo 2002 for a T.A.G class