Angels in our midst

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 eulogies,"
>>> >>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.
>>> >>
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