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."
