My uncle calling my name
Waking me up from my sleep
A good one too
Because in it I was deep
"Come help me get mama"
That's what he said
When I got to her room
She was lying on the floor by her bed
I helped him pick her up
And put her back in the bed
she complained about something
But I didn't hear what was said
I thought nothing of it
As I went back to my room
And since I was up
I got ready for school
My uncle was worried
So he called his uncle first
Deep inside
Fearing the worse
When he got there
He called the EMS
I was in and out of my room
Still not impressed
Then one of her close friends arrived
With this I didn't know how to cope
She said directly to my uncle
"It looks like she had a stroke"
So they took her to the hospital
And I went on my way
Leaving for school
To begin my day
When I got home from school
My aunt shocked me
By asking this question
"Has she gotten out of surgery?"
I had no idea it was that serious
So I was completeky taken back
At that specific moment
I didn't know how to react
Later that day I found out
She had a blood clot on the brain
Indeed it was a stroke
Something in me was forever changed
So they did the surgery
And she came out fine
Even though that was good news
It was still a stressful time
When we first went to see her
Everyone was there
And for a night
We had a little scare
She kept having seizures
They suspected she was bleeding internally
If that was the case, they couldn't risk going back in
Virtually a death sentence to me
It was hard to sleep that night
With that thought in my head
If she was bleeding in the brain
Soon she'd be dead
But the very next day
Gave me much relief
That wasn't the case at all
So I was very happy
Everytime I went to see her
She never woke up
Forme this was a silent blessing
The tubes were just too much
She was in a hospital near her sister
So all that worked out great
Yet I knew it was hard for her
Caring for her dying daughter, and now this to face
Eventually she recovered
So they moved her to a building for therapy
This was great for us
No more misery
At first she talked great
And smiles were earned
There was no reason to think
Things would take a dramatic turn
At one point she became unresponsive
And my uncle requested some test
When the results came back
It was not the best
May 19,2004
When my uncle came home
The blindness was nothing compared to the brain dead
Right then I knew she was gone
How ironic it was
That she died the next day
I just could not believe
It turned out this way
She was doing so well
Yet she still ended up dying
I prepared myself the day before
So there was no out of control crying
May 24, 2004
It was the last time I saw her face
Because that was the day
We laid her in her final resting place
It started with a stroke
And it eventually stole her life
No more good mornings
Forever good night
