To me, she could've said anything <br />I wanted so badly to hear her say, <br />''I love you and I'm gonna try.'' <br />But all she said is ''I just can't stay.'' <br />She looked away, I stared her down. <br />I needed to see her eyes. <br />She looked at me and that's when I knew... <br />THIS IS THE DAY MY MOTHER DIES. <br />She died right there before me. <br />I watched her fade away. <br />Her eyes were glossing over <br />as I begged her ''PLEASE, JUST STAY! '' <br />She said goodbye and drove away. <br />I've learned to deal with loss. <br />But, now she says ''I'm coming back! '' <br />She doesn't know the cost. <br />To me she's dead, she can't come back. <br />She'll have to remember the day <br />that she died right there before me <br />when she said she couldn't stay.<br /><br />Mary Nagy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/she-died-right-there-before-me-2/
