Accidental Poet

Letting Go of You

 

Life’s highways long or short

Back roads, side roads

All of them to help you

Decipher your life’s code

 

You played baseball

Served your time in the military

Graduated from Colby College

In search of your beneficiary

 

With your childhood sweetheart

You happily tied the knot

So delighted were you

The beautiful prize you got

 

Now a mother and father to be

A family to support

Education your expertise

No option to come up short

 

Fast forward fifty years

Your wife surrenders to Alzheimer’s

Thirteen years later

Your fate the same reminder

 

We know here is not

Where you want to be

Rest assured it won’t be much longer

To a Heavenly place you’ll be

 

For ninety-five years

You’ve lived a full life

A proud daughter and son

And loving wife

 

Soon you’ll be going home

But I’m not saying good-bye

I’ll just say, “See ya later”

And you’ll know the reason why

 

Letting go

Never easy to do

But we’ll smile with love

Letting go of you

 

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