THE DAY I DIED - LaJune Marie (early readers txt) 📗

THE DAY I DIED

You were one of two sisters I saw playing board games on your living room floor

One of my friend’s sisters who had never been on a date before

With excitement in my voice, I asked you to go to a concert with me

You turned your nose up in the air and immediately told me to flee

Your mother was in another room yelling, “That’s who you need to be around!

One day he is going to make some lady a great husband his career plans are so profound"

But sister looked down at the game and just continued to play

Ignoring me and hoping I would just quickly go away

Full of rejection which left a warm lump in my throat

I ran out of the house embarrassed without my favorite coat

I saw my friend Larry and asked him, “Man, don’t you have a sister? You see, I won these concert tickets and I need a date”

I had to find someone to take soon because if I waited another day it would be too late

Larry said, “Yes, she is in the house making a refreshing drink out of lemons and lime”

A strange feeling came over me to go back and ask the other friend’s sister one more time

So I ran down the street as fast as I could praying that this time she would say yes

With a big smile on my face, standing proud and tall I gave it my very best

Saying, “Nora will you go to the concert with me?”


You looked at your mother and said, “Yes, I will be glad to go but who are we going to see?”

My heart leaped with joy because you said yes

I rushed out of the door thinking about how I had to look my best

My mother said, “Son, you are taking my car”

I scrubbed the blue Monte Carlo until it was shiny and glittering like a star

When I picked you up I felt so proud and good

You were dressed up just like a princess should

As I opened the car door for you I looked into your eyes

For your beauty was better than the stars that were twinkling in the sky

From that day forward we never left each other’s side

It was the happiest day of my life when you finally became my bride

We both vowed to always stay together and never mention divorce

Because we were both from broken families and didn’t want that to be our course

An incredible wife you were indeed to me

You soon became an excellent mother to our children, we had three

You gave me three healthy boys and one was given my name

As sole provider I dedicated my life to giving my family the best, that was my aim

Private schools, etiquette classes, sporting teams and the list was quite extensive

Working both night and day even starting my own business because kids are expensive

It was worth it because I had the family that I always desired

Until I noticed you, my wife, looking gaunt and tired

You poured your heart and soul into keeping our household nice and clean

Always a humble lady never an unkind gesture, always my sweet queen

I remember the day I died like it was yesterday

You called me at work and told me to come home right away

The doctor told you you had lupus you explained to me

I held you tight and screamed, “That just can’t be!”


Then for the next seventeen years I walked around like a zombie

Watching you go from walking then to a red scooter nothing was alive inside of me

The last six years I carried you around

Because you could no longer move your hands and fingers up or down

Our youngest son was graduating from high school the next day

I bathed you, put on your night gown and put you in the bed and we talked the night away

I woke up early to dress you for our happy family event

After touching you I immediately could feel your soul had got up and went

For your body was stiff and cold

As I looked at your lifeless body my emotions I was unable to hold

Yes I held you and began to cry

Because I saw all of our hopes and dreams just pass us by

My wife, my first lover, my best friend after twenty seven years was gone!

Now there was no need for me to carry on

So I walk around daily confused and not knowing how to behave

Just waiting for someone to place me in a casket deep in a grave

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Publication Date: 08-29-2012

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