Thread: Highway 109....

Get the tissues ready!!


Subject: Highway 109

> > HIGHWAY 109
> > >
> > >A drunk man in an Oldsmobile
> > >
> > >They said had run the light
> > >
> > >That caused the six-car pileup
> > >
> > >On 109 that night.
> > >
> > >When broken bodies lay about
> > >
> > >And blood was everywhere,
> > >
> > >The sirens screamed out elegies,
> > >
> > >For death was in the air.
> > >
> > >A mother, trapped inside her car,
> > >
> > >Was heard above the noise;
> > >
> > >Her plaintive plea near split the air:
> > >
> > >"Oh, God, please spare my boys!"
> > >
> > >She fought to loose her pinned hands;
> > >
> > >She struggled to get free,
> > >
> > >But mangled metal held her fast
> > >
> > >In grim captivity.
> > >
> > >Her frightened eyes then focused
> > >
> > >On where the back seat once had been,
> > >
> > >But all she saw was broken glass and
> > >
> > >Two children's seats crushed in.
> > >
> > >Her twins were nowhere to be seen;
> > >
> > >She did not hear them cry,
> > >
> > >And then she prayed they'd been thrown free,
> > >
> > >"Oh, God, don't let them die!"
> > >
> > >Then firemen came and cut her loose,
> > >
> > >But when they searched the back,
> > >
> > >They found therein no little boys,
> > >
> > >But the seat belts were intact.
> > >
> > >They thought the woman had gone mad
> > >
> > >And was traveling alone,
> > >
> > >But when they turned to question her,
> > >
> > >They discovered she was gone.
> > >
> > >Policemen saw her running wild
> > >
> > >And screaming above the noise
> > >
> > >In beseeching supplication,
> > >
> > >"Please help me find my boys!
> > >
> > >They're four years old and wear blue shirts;
> > >
> > >Their jeans are blue to match."
> > >
> > >One cop spoke up, "They're in my car,
> > >
> > >And they don't have a scratch.
> > >
> > >They said their daddy put them there
> > >
> > >And gave them each a cone,
> > >
> > >Then told them both to wait for Mom
> > >
> > >To come and take them home.
> > >
> > >I've searched the area high and low,
> > >
> > >But I can't find their dad.
> > >
> > >He must have fled the scene,
> > >
> > >I guess, and that is very bad."
> > >
> > >The mother hugged the twins and said,
> > >
> > >While wiping at a tear,
> > >
> > >"He could not flee the scene, you see,
> > >
> > >For he's been dead a year."
> > >
> > >The cop just looked confused and asked,
> > >
> > >"Now, how can that be true?"
> > >
> > >The boys said, "Mommy, Daddy came
> > >
> > >And left a kiss for you.
> > >
> > >He told us not to worry
> > >
> > >And that you would be all right,
> > >
> > >And then he put us in this car with
> > >
> > >The pretty, flashing light.
> > >
> > >We wanted him to stay with us,
> > >
> > >Because we miss him so,
> > >
> > >But Mommy, he just hugged us tight
> > >
> > >And said he had to go.
> > >
> > >He said someday we'd understand
> > >
> > >And told us not to fuss,
> > >
> > >And he said to tell you, Mommy,
> > >
> > >He's watching over us."
> > >
> > >The mother knew without a doubt
> > >
> > >That what they spoke was true,
> > >
> > >For she recalled their dad's last words,
> > >
> > >"I will watch over you."
> > >
> > >The firemen's notes could not explain
> > >
> > >The twisted, mangled car,
> > >
> > >And how the three of them escaped
> > >
> > >Without a single scar.
> > >
> > >But on the cop's report was scribed,
> > >
> > >In print so very fine,
> > >
> > >An angel walked the beat tonight
> > >
> > >On Highway 109.
> > >
> > >"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare ."
> > >
> > >The 7 Second Prayer
> > >
> > >Just repeat this phrase and see how God moves...
> > >
> > >" Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and bless
> > >
> > >me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus' name. Amen. "

Oppss

I didn't realize I put that in that thread. My bad.....Prince will move it, I"m sure