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BY: LAVINA BURGESS
10/10/02

MICHELLE, AS YOU RECOVER
FROM THIS TERRI ABLE ORDEAL
JUST REMEMBER WE ARE HERE
THE DOCTORS AND NURSES
WILL BE BY YOUR SIDE
I ASKED OUR BLESSED MOTHER
TO GUIDE THEM,RIGHT FROM THE START
THE PAIN IN MY HEART
SENDING BLOOD FROM MY VEIN'S
DOWN TO MY TOES
AND UP TO MY BRAIN
AS I SIT HERE PRAYING,IN THIS DREARY ROOM
I LOOK AROUND AND SEE OTHERS
WITH TEARS AND SAD FACES
AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN
THEY WERE FILLED WITH FEAR AND PAIN
AS WE ARE ANXIOUSLY WAITING
FOR THE DOCTOR TO APPEAR
THE SADNESS AND FEAR,AS THEY SPED YOU AWAY
IT JUST BROKE MY HEART,TO SEE YOU THAT WAY
SO DON'T WORRY DEAR,I'LL BE RIGHT THERE
AS SOON AS THE DOCTOR TELLS ME DEAR
YOUR EYES ARE NOW CLOSED
BECAUSE OF THE MEDICINE THEY GAVE
AND I SAID A PRAYER
AND ASKED OUR BLESSED MOTHER TO BE NEAR
TO ALSO GUIDE THE DOCTOR AND NURSES
WHILE THEY ARE UNDER YOUR CARE
WHEN YOU FEEL A WARMTH
OF SOMEONE HOLDING YOU DEAR
IT'S NOT ME...BUT YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL
WHO I ASKED TO BE NEAR
THE TOUCH OF HIS (HER) SOFT WINGS
WILL KEEP YOU WARM
AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU,AND YOUR FAMILY TOO
SO TAKE LOTS OF NAPS
AND YOU WILL BE OUT OF THERE
HOLDING AND HUGGING YOUR FAMILY