To the snow and some bad news
My long-time Belgian ma-in-law
Had paid her lifetime dues.
At eighty-five the cancer had
Reached to her very soul
She suffered four months in her bed
And died at home – her goal.
The last time that I saw her
She wore a woolly hat
As the chemo had destroyed her hair
And made her round face flat.
I think of Bob, whose love for her
Grew stronger through the years
And hope he’ll find the courage
To fight on through the tears...
(c) Poet in the woods 2017
Died 15.1.2013
Note: Bob died a few years later ...
No comments:
Post a Comment