While you were sleeping

While you were sleeping

While you were sleeping I barreled over 150 miles
Bringing you a specially cooked turkey dinner
To the facility’s lunchroom, so we would celebrate
Both my birthday and Thanksgiving, and you
I was anticipating being with you at the table
Whatever frame of mind you were in
Because no matter what – I love you
But you were sound asleep inside your soul
No one was able to wake you
I tried prayer, and heavy thought persuasion
Then realized it just was not a day for visiting
When small, you took long afternoon naps
If only I could open your door just a crack now,
And peek inside to check on you
So, I came home with the turkey dinner, and pie
You slept just across the grass where I waited
I did feel the connection of your presence
I was just a breeze away, under damp gray skies
While you were sleeping,
Love, Mom

(By Joy........driving out of town to visit my son at a mental facility)
2003

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