Together Again Poem by Dianna Nally

Daddy passed several years ago
After that, mama was never the same.
All she wanted was them to be together
And the longer it took, the more ill she became.

I remember like it was yesterday
At the wake where she saw him just laying there
All she wanted was for him to get up
And when he didn't she cried out ' this is so unfair'

I wanted so badly to take away her pain
Even though I was feeling my own.
Mama and daddy have both left my siblings and me
And since their passing I sometimes feel so alone.

But how can someone with six siblings,
Three children and two grandchildren of my own
Feel this way when all I have to do to have them here
Is to just simply pick up the phone.

My siblings don't live close enough to just drive to
And I am scared to death to get on a plane
But I know that I will find a way
For all of us to be together again.

Dianna Nally
11/2/04