JUST ONE MORE TIME.

Just one more time, if I could
If it were possible, for me to do
Somehow to get up from under
This weight that holds me down
and make things right.

One more time, please I beg you
To be free of these tubes and all these fluids
coursing through my veins, breaking me down
just a word
I need to say.

Just once more, don’t deny me this
Now I know, a miracle it is
Waking up and hearing their laughter
The children playing, angered me then
Once more, is that too much to ask?

 One more time, out of this bed
To smell the roses, and see the sun
To feel the rain that fills the earth
To greet the neighbors, each and every one
one more time is all I pray.

Just one more time is all I ask for
To hold her hand and say it’s okay
To see her eyes, the sparkles of grey
To say thank you for all those times
Once again will make it right.