THE CALL

THIS POEM IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN ONES PRIOR, ALTHOUGH IT STILL PART OF THE SERIES "POEMS FROM THE HEART'. TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND AS TO THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THIS POEM, I SHOULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT IN AUGUST OF O7, I LOST MY DAD. EVEN THE ROAD TO MY SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL RECOVERY FROM MY DAD'S LOSS HAS BEEN A HARD ONE, I'M ENCOURAGED TO KEEP ON FIGHTING EVERY SINGLE DAY!

I HOPE YOU ENJOY!!!

WHAT TIME IS IT DEAR?
IT'S THE TIME I'VE ALWAYS FEARED.
HONEY, WAKE UP, I HEARD HER SAY
TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY
NOT, YET MY SWEET, IT'S CLOSER TO EIGHT
IT'S AS IF WE'RE ALREADY LATE
SOMETHING ABOUT TODAY. . . FEELS STRANGE. . .
YET, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE
HONEY, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE
I HAVE TO GET READY FOR WORK AND I CAN'T BE LATE
STILL SOMETHING. . . FEELS. . . STRANGE
NO TIME TO RE-ARRANGE. . .
MY PLANS
I'M DOING ALL I CAN. . .
TO KEEP MY HEAD ON STRAIGHT
OK, SO I GAVE MY WIFE A KISS ON THE HEAD AND. . .
I WAS ON MY WAY
BUT, STILL THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT TODAY
STILL SOMETHING VERY STRANGE
NO TIME TO RE-ARRANGE. . .
MY PLANS
I WISH. . .
I COULD UNDERSTAND. . .
WHAT'S GOING ON?
SO AS I GO TO MY MEETING, MY HEAD BEGINS TO THINK
SOMETHING REALLY STINKS
ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT I AM IN
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS
AND I OVERWHELMED FROM WITHIN
SO AS THE MEETING WAS OVER. . .
NOT LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER. . .
I HURRIED HOME, TO FIND OUT
WHEN A CALL FROM HOME, THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT. . .
THAT CALL
THE ONE THAT ENDED IT ALL
MY DAD WAS GONE
HOW COULD THIS BE?
NO MORE PAIN AND NOW HE'S FINALLY FREE
NO MORE BONDAGE OR CAPTIVITY
ONE WOULD ASKS WHY?
ANOTHER WOULD CRY
BUT I FELT NOTHING. . .
THAT THE WORLD WE SEE AS SOMETHING
OF COURSE I WAS SAD, THEN ANGRY, THEN HAPPY, THEN SAD AGAIN
WITH SO MANY EMOTIONS
IT WAS HARD TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL
BUT THIS IS WHEN. . .
A BOY BECAME A MAN
WHEN HE GOT THE CALL!!