ONE NIGHT I HAD A DREAM

ONE NIGHT I HAD A DREAM
I DREAMT I WAS WALKING ON THE STREET NEAR MY HOME
IT WAS COLD, THE MOON AND STARS WERE OUT
AND I WAS ALL ALONE.
THE STREET NEAR MY HOME HAS HOUSES ORDNARILY
IN MY DREAM HOWEVER NONE TO BE SEEN
AND WHAT WAS REALLY SCARY
WAS THAT THE LONGER I WALKED
THE LONGER THE ROAD BECAME
I WOULD WALK THIS ROAD FOREVER ALONE
AND FEEL COLD BITTER PAIN
MY EYES THEY FILLED WIH TEARS
AS I TRAVELED ON
AND NAUGHT BUT THE WIND IN THE TREES
TO HEAR WAS SAD SAD SONG.
I THOUGHT OF MY DEAR GRANDMOTHER
DEAR GOD WHERE COULD SHE BE.
I PONDERED THE PLAQUES WITH FOOTPRINTS ON THE SAND
THAT YEARS AGO SHE GAVE TO ME.
DEAR JESUS I GIVE UP. IT IS NOW IN YOUR HANDS.
AND AN ANGEL APPEARED THEN AND THERE
IN THAT COLD DESOLATE LAND.
"FEAR NOT MY CHILD, WITH THEE I WALK
WITHERSOEVER THOU GO.
EVEN THROUGH THE COLD OF COLD
AND THROUGH THE WINTER SNOW.
I SAW MY GRANDMOTHER AGAIN IN MY DREAM
AND WOULDNT YOU JUST KNOW
I WAS CARRIED BY AN ANGEL.
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW.
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(MY GRANDMOTEHR IS NOW DEAD AND GONE
SHE DIED NEARLY A YEAR AGO OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE.
WHEN I WOKE FROM MY DREAM I KNEW IT WAS ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF HER 2ND STROKE.)
AND I WENT IMMEDIATELY TO HER TO SEE IF ALL WAS WELL
IN FEEBLE VOICE, "IM FINE SON. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?"
I AM NOW GRANDMA