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!