An Angel Walked The Street Last Night

A drunk man in an Oldsmobile
Had ran the red light
that caused the six-car pileup
on route 49 that night.
When broken bodies lay about
and blood was everywhere,
the sirens screamed out very loud,
for death was in the air.
A mother, trapped inside her car,
was heard above the noise;
her helpless plea near split the air:
"Oh, God, please spare my boys!"
She fought to release her restrained hands;
she struggled to get free,
but twisted metal held her fast
in hopeless captivity.
Her frightened eyes then focused
on where the back seat once had been,
but all she saw was broken glass and
two children's seats crushed in.
Her twins were nowhere to be seen;
she did not hear them cry,
and then she prayed they'd been thrown free,
"Oh, Lord, don't let them die!"
Then firemen came and cut her loose,
but when they searched the back,
they found no little boys,
but the seat belts were still intact.
They thought the woman had gone mad
and was traveling alone,
but when they turned to question her,
they discovered she was gone.
Policemen saw her running wild
and screaming above the noise
making everyone to hear,
"Please help me find my boys!
They're four years old and wear blue shirts;
their jeans are blue to match."
One cop spoke up, "They're in my car,
and they don't have a scratch.
They said their daddy put them there
and gave them each an ice cream cone,
then told them both to wait for Mom
to come and take them home.
I've searched the area high and low,
but I can't find their dad.
He must have fled the scene,
I suppose, and that is very bad."
The mother hugged the twins and said,
while wiping at a tear,
"He could not flee the scene, you see,
for he's been dead a year."
The cop just looked confused and asked,
"Now, how can that be true?"
The boys said, "Mom, Daddy came
and left a kiss special for you.
He told us not to worry
and that you would be all right,
and then he put us in this car
with the pretty, flashing light.
We wanted him to stay with us,
because we miss him so,
but Mommy, he just hugged us tight
and said he had to go.
He said someday we'd understand
and told us not to fuss,
and he said to tell you, Mommy,
he's watching over us."
The mother knew without a doubt
that what they spoke was true,
for she recalled their dad's last words,
"I will watch over you."
The firemen's notes could not explain
the twisted, crushed up car,
and how the three of them escaped
without a single scar.
But on the cop's report was scribed,
in print so very fine,
An angel walked the street that night
on Route 49