Duct Tape

Duct Tape by Bonnie Johnson - 02/07

When the water hose broke,
She didn’t panic,
Knew just what to do,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

She never worried
Duct tape sticks to everything,
Even mends a rip in a
Car seat a child put there.

As her life slowly fell apart,
She knew how to fix what broke,
The pipe under the kitchen sink,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

Her husband never noticed,
When she went into her own world,
As long as dinner was done,
He just didn’t care.

The washing machine leaked,
But not for long,
Out came her trusty roll,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

Some days her world would spin,
Circles around her mind,
Leaving her dizzy and lost,
Reality too much to bear.

A lose attachement on the tv,
The picture lost in snow and fuzz,
She made it right again,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

As the connections in her brain,
Began to short and fail her,
No one paid attention as she,
Spun further from control.

When anything got broken,
They brought it to her to fix,
They knew she could do it,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

The children would scream,
Demand their own way,
Quietly she would let her mind
Take her to a world far away.

And if they broke a toy,
Or ripped a book,
She could fix it all,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

Even as her mind began to crack,
At times failed her completely,
Leaving her confused
She knew what to do.

When her mind finally broke,
She looked at me blankly
As they took her away,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

The Power of Love

The Power of Love by Bonnie Johnson - Feb. 2007

He told me, if he died first, he would come back for me.
I would laugh and tell him
I’d believe it when it happened.
I have learned now to never doubt the power of love.

On March 24th one of my cats passed away
On March 27th I had a dream that my cat was crying
I had to find him. When I found the cat
He turned into my best friend, Rick.

He was lying there crying. He said he was sorry.
I woke up and later that morning
Received a call from his wife.
Rick had passed away in the night.

He told me he would come back for me
and I laughed. Never doubt the power of love.
That night Rick came to me in my dreams
He told me he was taking me with him.

After a forty-two year relationship
Where we would vacillate between lovers
And friends, he couldn’t go on
Into the after life with out me.

He put me on a bike and had me
Riding down a mountain pass.
He watched on as a truck plowed
Down the mountain, out of control,

It headed right towards me.
At the last second I was able to jump
Off the bike out of the path of the truck.
But he wouldn’t give up.

He wasn’t ready to let me out of his life.
Even if it was the after-life.
I found myself back on the mountain pass,
But this time with a group of people protesting.

I was never quite sure what
We were protesting, but there he sat,
In his wheelchair watching and waiting.
A fire broke out in the trees around us

It quickly worked its way to the mountain pass.
I ran and ran! My legs moved faster
Than I ever thought they could.
I literally ran for my life.

Then I was off the mountain
I found myself in a building.
He told me to follow him.
We could be together forever.

Taking me to a window I looked out.
I realized we were very high above a city.
I could barely make out the traffic below.
“Follow me,” he said. “It’s safe. You can do it.”

Then he rolled out the window and was gone.
I backed away quickly and woke up.
But it was over for the night.
I felt he had been given three tries

To get me to go and then he had
To leave without me.
He was sad I hadn’t chosen to go with him,
I told him I would join him when my time came.

Until then he could visit in my dreams
Whenever he chose if he agreed to never try
To take me before my time again.
He has chosen to visit and mostly

We play guitars and sing old songs.
We remember the happier times of our youth.
He told me if he died first he would come back for me.
I have learned to never doubt the power of love.