A Beautiful Sunset of Red

                           

Lying in my hospital bed,

I listened to the wall clock tick overhead,

I tried to move, but knew I couldn’t

My body no longer moved, it just wouldn’t

The shadows on the wall whispered of the evening,

Of a beautiful sunset, red and beaming

A deep sorrow began to fill my chest,

And a single tear slipped and fell on my breast,

For once upon a time, when I wasn’t paralyzed,

And my parents were still alive,

We’d watch that glorious sunset of red, and talk about our lives

We’d laugh and cry and embrace each other tight,

Staying out long after the sun had gone down, gazing into the night.

Those had been the good times, those had been the days

But a speeding car and a drunk driver took it all away

But in the end, I guess I really can’t complain,

God made life a gamble,

And I’m still in the game.