Hundreds of miles away
    My mother is in agony
Her mother crossing a "final threshold" into
            Stillness and Peace

My mind is drowning
    A dull deafening hum
That shuts out the world
              Boxes me in

I keep thinking
   "Why isn't this affecting me more?"
Just a blank stare and a refusal
     To feel, a voice inside says
               "Don't say Anything"

Right here, right now
    I am melancholy
Waiting for the call, to bring me home
    To watch her get tucked in to the last bed she'll need
With her name and a nice message on the headboard
     Knowing that a part of her will always be
Riding passenger in the cab of my car
      The car she loved so much
Because it drives like freedom

               Mile after Mile

               Hundreds of Miles

               "Don't say Anything"

                Stillness and Peace