THE TELEPHONE CALL

One phone call!! Just one call!! Such a powerful call, that one call,

That in the deep of the night could so violently shatter Carefree dreams across a sleeping world.

Just one call!! Such a powerful, demanding, relentlessly shocking call,

That in the deep of the night could so rudely Awaken sleep deserving folk,

Just one call, such a heart stopping , unbelievable, truly breath taking call,

That in that same moment of frozen memory Could so irrevocably change so much

for so many for so long.

Just one call!! Such a fearful, desperate, sorrow laden call,

That in one cruel message could bewilder and threaten sanity,

Could destroy hopes and dreams of young and old and the not so old

AND can yet contrive to resurrect that horror With every late call thereafter!