Does the Sun still rise in Texas?

by Cliff Blood - Scorpio

I lie motionless on the pavement
I have no idea what has happened
I see blood on my sleeves
I see people running towards me speaking

I see lights flashing 
I hear sirens
But the sound goes off
followed by the lights 

I wake up in a hospital bed
My family surrounds me
I look but cannot speak
And cannot move

I breathe by myself barely
I look to the people I love
My mother cries as does my aunt
My father stands by my bed

I grow tired and daze
I wake up to see my friends 
They speak to me and I hear
I try to respond but cannot

Days pass bye
I learn of a richochet shooting
A casuality of war the boy said
Victim to timing I think

One day I wake up
I see you in the room
Your crying and you sit by me
You whisper things to me

I start seeing you more
Some days you stay alone with me
Reading to me and singing me songs
I hate that I cannot speak and you hate it more

I grow better in some days 
I start to speak a little before you see me
When you see me you ask
"What can I do for you?"

I look up into your brownish eyes
I work up a smile and say
"To hear your voice is enough."
You cry and hug me.

Monthes go bye 
Your visits are shorter 
The singing and reading is gone
But you still come

I have recovered... 
As good as I can
My hair is long
A beard is on my face

The door opens to you home
Your mother hugs me
Likes the hair she says
I always reply thank ya

I see you and my reality stops
Time becomes frozen
In one instant theres only two things
Yourself and me

You give me a speech
On how you couldn't lose me
On how if you could go back you would
On how you actually love me

I don't reply for once
I don't speak at all but just stare
You don't ask for a reply
Yet you gloom

As I walk to my car
You look and run to me
You start crying 
You say your afraid you'll never see me again

I hang my head and reply
Does the sun still rise in Texas?
You say yes
I smile and look at you

Times change and so does life
But the sun does not stop rising
And I will still come back
Inside you know it

You smile and nod
I leave your home
You watch me all the way
until the very end

As I'm alone in my car
I turn on the radio
I hear I'll be
I laugh and I smile

THE END

Reason for writing:

    I was in love with a girl, but it came crashing. Guess I just sat down and started writing about my dreams.    

Birth sign: Scorpio
Date created: 2001-01-30 00:35:58
Last updated: 2021-04-14 17:18:12
Poem ID: 59907

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