Just Sleeping

I was too little to understand

Where she was

People asked me why I didn't cry,

My answer was, "Because."

I kept looking towards the sky

Because they told me she was there

But how could she be up there,

When she's sleeping with skin so fair?

I keep asking why she won't wake up,

Then everybody cries.

My older cousin says she's dead,

But he must be telling lies.

I told him, "She's just sleeping,

Don't worry, she'll wake up."

But my stomach was doing flip-flops,

And I felt like I was gonna throw up.

As I watched them lay her in the ground

I started to scream, "NO!"

How could she breathe in such a small space?

If she woke up, where would she go?

Several months later

I had a dream at night,

She appeared to me and whispered,

"Everything will be alright."