Epilepsy

Were sitting down on the beach
and then she falls asleep

i look at her
and call her name
then shake her till she wakes

we were just talking
and now i ask, did you take your meds
she tells me that she doesn't know
and now I'm scared to death

i ask if she remembers
that awful, awful taste

one, two, three more times i shake her till she wakes
i couldn't stand it if she died, because if she did
i know i would for sure, not want to live