that day in May

I saw him sleeping in my dream

that day in May, that day in May

I saw him sleeping in my dream

that day in May, so many years ago

…

So peaceful, he did seem

that day in May, that day in May

So peaceful, he did seem

that day in May, surrounded in yellow

…

We went to see what was happening

that day in May, that day in May

we found that he was not napping

that day in May, his name I did bellow

…

From his coma he did not wake

that day in May, that day in May

a drunken driver, his life did take

that dark day in May, full of sorrow

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~Melanie Blackwell

When I was in junior high school I woke up one morning remembering a very vivid dream about a close friend of mine.  I could still clearly see him sleeping peacefully in a room that was not his own….there were yellow flowers all around the room as well as various teddy bears.  I thought the dream was odd but shook it off and started getting ready for the day ahead.  The phone rang before I even left for school that day and we learned that my friend had been playing football with a friend in his front yard the evening before when a drunk driver veered off the road into the yard and ran over him.  We went to the hospital to see him.  He was in a coma and his hospital room was exactly as I had dreamt it….

He never woke. I’ll never forget.