EVERY KISS, EVERY TOUCH, EVERY SMILE

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LORD ALLOWING ME TO WITH HER BE

FOREVER GRATEFUL I AM

TIREDNESS FROM SADNESS COMES

TWO MONTHS, BELOVED MOM

SLOWLY FAILS AS I WATCH

WEARINESS AND EMOTIONS OVERWHELM

 

HARDEST THING IN LIFE TO DO

KNOWING THAT I COULD FIX HER NOT

AWARE I WAS GOING TO LOSE HER

A GREAT LOVE OF A MOM

MY LIFE WOULD BE MISSING

 

DAY AFTER DAY….

KEEPING HEART HAPPY I TRY

BUT AROUND THE CORNER, HOUR, AND MINUTE

IT CRIES FOR THE COMING LOSS

 

EVERY KISS GOODNIGHT

EVERY TOUCH OR WORD

EVERY SMILE CHERISHED

AS IF IT WERE THE LAST

 

HER BREATHING I WATCH

NEVER KNOWING IF IT WOULD BE HER LAST

SOUL WRENCHED BY EVERY PRAYER

AND EVERY PAIN ENDURED

EVERY WAKING MOMENT

THOUGHTS OF HER I HOLD

 

HURRY!

              GET UP!

                           GET DRESSED!

                                         BY HER SIDE I WANT TO ALWAYS BE


NO TIME TO EAT OR CLEAN.

ALL INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED

TO THE CROSS SHE WAS BEARING

 

A COLD DARK DECEMBER MORNING ON EARTH

BECAME A WARM EMBRACE BY HEAVEN’S LIGHT

WITH ENTEREDNESS RECEIVED

 

TO HAVE HAD HER FOR SO LONG

A BLESSING!

 

TO HAVE BEEN WITH HER ON HER LAST DAYS

A GIFT!

 

FOREVER BLESSED AND THANKFUL I AM

 

REST IN HIS LOVE, MOM!

I LOVE YOU!

I MISS YOU!

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Created from a text message from my wife as she grieved the loss of her mother.

 

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