Stranger things have happened Than what you’re about to hear So I swear that this is all the truth And it happened close by here A young girl lost her way one night She was working midnight shift When a stranger saw her wandering And he offered her a lift. She was trusting and she climbed right in To the black sedan he drove. He asked where she was headed She replied, “To Shelter Grove.” The driver said, “I’ll take you there. Just tell me where to go.” She said, “Around the corner, there’s a hidden drive, You’ll want to take it slow. There’s a gate, but it will open, and A clearing just ahead. There’s a gravestone with your name on it. I’m afraid, Sir, you are dead.”
The driver turned and stared at her She stared back with evil grin He was terrified but didn’t know The danger he was in. He reached out to grab her slender arm But he closed his fist on air Somehow she had vanished She simply wasn’t there. Now his heart was pounding loudly He could hardly drive the car, He used his phone to call his wife who said, “We’re all wondering where you are! You see your brother called an hour ago Your father passed today They said that he was sleeping when The angels carried him away. Your family signed the papers, and He’s at the funeral home I never heard of it before, Some place called Shelter Grove.”
That night I had an awful dream The wandering girl’s to blame, She said, “I was sent to take your father, But I mixed up the name.” Phil Lindsey 6/5/15