Title:Angel Wings |
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Pause.
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be. It wasn’t awful. In the dream, I was at Danny’s funeral…”
His arms wrap around me, encouraging me to continue.
“…I watched his casket being lowered into the ground. I was surrounded by people, but I felt so alone.”
His grasp tightens.
“Then I turned around, and I saw you. You were off in the distance, waiting for me. I started walking toward you. It took a long time, but I got to you. You just held me, and I felt so…”
No words, just a look, telling me to continue when ready.
“Do you ever have a soundtrack to your dreams?”
He doesn’t answer me, just looks at me questioningly.
I stand up and walk to the stereo and put on the CD. The music floats through the room and I go back to his embrace as the lyrics begin.
Can you fix this? It’s a broken heart. It was fine, but it just fell apart. It was mine, but now I give it to you, Cause you can fix it, you know what to do.
Let your love cover me, Like a pair of angel wings, You are my family, You are my family.
We stood outside in the summer rain, Different people with a common pain. A simple box in that hard red clay, Where we left him to always remain.
Let your love cover me, Like a pair of angel wings, You are my family, You are my family.
I use the remote to turn the song off before it’s last verse, the important parts having been heard.
“That was playing in my dream.”
“It’s fitting.”
“You’re my family, Vaughn.” ”I know. And you’re mine.”
END
The song is “Family” by Dar Williams.
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