The Bed By The Window
Tony Melendez
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Two old friends shared a room,
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In a home for the elderly,
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Confined to their beds,
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Their bodies had given Îway,
Old Joe lay by the window,
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And watched the days go by,
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An Bill lived to hear him tell,
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About the world outside.
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>From the bed by the window,
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Heâd tell how the children play,
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The lovers in the park,
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The ducks out on the lake,
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The little boy who swept the sidewalk,
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When the sun came up each day,
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>From the bed by the window,
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He told it just that way.
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They shared with each other,
The stories of their lives,
They relived all their memories,
And dreamed of better days,
Outside the leaves were falling,
The summer turned to fall,
And from the bed by the window,
Old Joe described it all.
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When on a cold winter morning,
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In the light of dawn,
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The bed by the window was empty,
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Old Joe was gone.
And when they moved Bill to the window,
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He couldnât hold back the tears,
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When he finally saw the view outside,
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After all those years,
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>From the bed by the window,
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He couldnât see out at all,
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There was nothing out that window,
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But an old, brick, wall.
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Now a new man shares that room,
In the home for the elderly,
Confined to his bed,
His bodyâs wasted Îway
Olâ Bill lays by the window,
And as the days go by,
His new friend lives to hear him tell,
ÎBout the world outside.
