Richie I need to talk.

Theresa Riley 1975 (jamestown)



Can I speak to you for a minute?
well it may taken longer then a minute,cause i have so much to say.
 Can you spare a little time to listen? Hello!! Are you there?
I know they say if you speak, that one person will be right by your side. and listening.
Can I cry? Knowing you can't wipe my tears this time.!
Can I ask you why even though you can't answer me.
 but since you I am the only one that can speak.
Here's what I need to say.
Can I tell you life is not the same, the butterflies I'd get when ever you entered the room.
Can I tell you now when I wake up in the morning and look out the window the view is not the same, I don't see that glow off the sun anymore. and the smell of the morning air does not even have a scent anymore.
Can i tell you that people say it gets easier in time, or you know they are in a better place no more pain ,Just remember all the memories you have.
Can I tell you that people will tell me in time you heal.
Can I tell you i haven't grieved in 3 years. I had blocked out the truth of reality.
Can I tell you where you have been those years,I created my mind to think,feel,and react that you are incarcerated again and what perfect timing cause covid-19 was here and had everything locked down anyway.
Can I tell you how reassuring it felt to think you were miles away and I'd make a visit to see you when everything opened for prisons.
Can I tell you I woke up this year on your day.
And it was the worst wake up call I have gotten.
Can I tell you I realized your not in jail. I am not getting a visit, there won't be any phone calls,and the mailman will not be dropping off any letters anytime soon.
Can I tell you I know your gone. I got all the flash backs that I been blocking out.
Can I tell you I got that call and I seen the number and it was late i knew something was wrong.
Can I tell you that 2 blocks felt like 20 miles. and the hallway when I got there looked longer then usual,it seemed the more I walked forward the hallway got darker and longer.
Can I tell you when I laid next to you as I cried hoping you would wake up.
What I can tell you is that night I laid next to you, You took me with you....

And at night i don't see the moon as much.

About this poem

was with a loving man for 19 years married 10 and he passed from cancer.all though we lived of life of him incarcerated on and off for about 12 years. we got married and it changed him he turned his life around but when he got released he was getting sick alot and found out he was already stage 4 .. told me he had up to 6 months he went to hospital and lasted 2 weeks.. my life was built around him and he loved me more then the world itself ..i am disabled with no legs and there's nothing he wouldn't do to make me special and feel normal

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Written on May 27, 2022

Submitted by jeivontheresaoneday on May 27, 2022

Modified on April 19, 2023

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Theresa Riley

I was born disabled and a few other health problems. and was raised in a foster home..Where they raised me to never let my disability stop me from doing whatever i want to do. i wasn't suppose to have kids my body not built for carrying babies the doctors claimed while i was going up. but God gave me 3 beautiful c sections and i lived to see them have kids . my dream was to have kids a husband and to be happy but i was hit 3 years ago with the death of my husband.. he was my the only person who could get me even when i didn't get myself.. since i was about 15 i started writing poems to feel better or off of someone i was around. i always wanted to make a book maybe one day all my poems will be a book. i had a heart attack a month ago from stress i tend to worry about everything .and hardly can manage. i love to spend time with my kids and grand kids .. i love planting. and writing just one dream left thats to be noticed more…

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