Dream Chaser

June 14, 2013 · Filed under fiction/poetry, grandchildren, hope, memories, nostalgia, struggles, Uncategorized · Tagged 100 WCGU, 20 Lines or less, blogs, death, dream chaser, dying, grief, heart attacks, legends, wordpress

I think about death a lot.

About my son, my mom, my neighbor.

I think about how easy it would be

to not deal with all this crap any more.

As I sit , trying to catch up on emails,

my heart starts to pound, I feel sick, shaking.

I wonder if the death angel has come for me.

It scares me more than I thought it would.

It lasted a long time, sweating, panting.

I miss my son and mom and others.

I wonder where I’d be if I hadn’t stayed here.

I wonder why I had to stay here when my son left.

And I see the dream chaser I made

For my grand kids today and think, “Maybe I know.”