Some Where Else With You

(To Emma Jean Noble who died April 22nd 2005)
When I think about it
as I sat there watching,
thinking I was watching
her soul slipping away,
she was already gone,
and to where, I wish I knew.
And, God, if I only knew
then I could go there too.
If only I knew where,
and if she were watching me,
to make sure she still loved me.
But, Grandma, I miss you.
I miss Shera and Grandpa too
in that old trailer in Sheridan,
back in that hell hole called Sheridan.
And I hated the wake.
I almost cried seeing you there.
I couldn't stand seeing you there
with my family members gauking at your body,
but you weren't there.
You were somewhere else,
and I wish I was there too.
Somewhere else...
with you.