did you ever
hear the doctor say...
"he has 30 days maybe 60
she has less than 6 months"
i have

my mom passed away
june 13th of 2003
that's just the way it be

he's still kickin' away

the last days
as she passed her own ways
all i can says
it was hell
no way to tell
you about it
i'd just shout it
out loud
but it weren't no pink cloud

i watched her wither away
day by day

i saw her smile
her bright brown eyes
go away
into another day
all the while
i felt the good byes

i fed her baby food
best i could do
i watched her die
all i could do was cry

i'd change her cloths
that were soiled
spoiled
from the night or day
before
but she ain't here anymore

now it's just he & i
and i wonder why?
and i cry.

why is he still here
my dad so dear
and i fear
i shed a silent tear

he sits in his wheel chair
just starin' out there
out the glass doors
to no mores

to his life which has passed
away
what can i say
it' one hell of a play
his today
just won't go away

he eats
he sleeps
man ain't that deeps
and he awaits
the pearly gates
but mostly, he waits

i & he
we be who we be
different men
in time
mine is now
his was then
but somehow
we both be
father & son
each seekin' a rhyme
that has been sung

he's dyin'
and i'm tryin'
to live
to give
his last day's
an easy way's
to pass away's

keep him at home
all alone
he & i
just waitin' for him to die
and i sigh
and i cry
and i wonder why?

did you ever
think
tomorrow would ever
nope
not ever