like a million times before.
She said, I know it's late,
my shopping's gotten a little behind
an d I think I'll drive downtown
I didn't look up, just nod ded okay
an d asked her to hand me an ashtray,
I reached over and squeezed her hand,
at the thought of my world
and I reassuringly sought the touch
because I didn't hear the door,
I'd never done that before
and nodded her head and I told her
she looked just like an angel
standing there for a long moment
and I thought I saw a teardrop in her cry.
You'll never know how much I love you, she said,
and I thought of the many years
as I told her no one could
not one of happiness but one of gloom,
and for the first time in my life
I saw sadness in her face.
I reached out to touch her
that time could never erase.
And then I thought I heard a
and I realized it was a telephone ringing
and that's when I saw the halo
surround her golden hair.
I turned trem bling to the receiver
and I heard a cold voice say
that there had been a wreck
and I knew that when I looked back
because It was an angel's
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