Stacey
It totally amazes me,
what he did, but why
did it take him so long to do it?
Now I’m wondering, if he’d done
it sooner, to my sister, would she
have stayed home longer?
Maybe she waited months and months
for him to hug her and show her he cared
but nothing happened, so she left.
Maybe, right now, she’s waiting
for him to write or call
and ask her to come home.
Maybe she’s waiting for all of us
to do something like that, to show
her that we know she’s still alive.
I wonder if my mom knew
what my dad was doing while
she was still wrapped up in bed.
Maybe she told him to do it,
because it doesn’t seem like
something he’d just do on his own.
Now, lying on my bed, watching
the night turn light, I can still feel
his big hand stroking my hair
And I can still hear his heart
thumping inside his big chest
next to my right ear.
I wish I could send those two things,
his hand and heart, to my sister
so that she could feel them too.