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In Memory of My Granny

As Granny lay upon her bed,
I knew that she was dying,
And all I could do was hold her hand
while I stood there softly crying.
She asked for a drink of water
which I gently placed to her lips,
Then to sleep she seemed to go
as I felt her cooling fingertips.

As each breath she drew brought her closer
to the ending of her days,
I remembered all of her tenderness
and her loving, caring ways.
This gracious woman who wore
her silver hair like a crown,
Was no longer here with me
though she still lay on feathered down.

Her breath had come harder and farther apart
until she drew her last,
Then I knew she had gone forever,
no longer my present but now my past.
No more comforting words would come
from her gentle soothing voice.
No more words of encouragement could she give,
but that was not her choice.

I turned away to be alone with my hurt
and think of all that she had meant to me.
My heart shattered into pieces
as tears flooded my eyes until I could barely see.
I felt a hole grow in my heart
never to be filled again in the years I had to live.
No one on this earth could ever give me
the love my Granny had to give.

She was my oasis in a desert of loneliness
and sadness as I grew to womanhood.
No matter what my situation
Granny always pointed out something good.
Remembering my Granny has stayed with me
through all these years that have passed by,
And when I think of her even now
though many years have passed I still begin to cry.

I cry for the times I didn't tell her I loved her,
times I had let carelessly slip away,
And even now that I am old and headed for my end,
I still vividly recall that day.
Granny I miss and love you more - I think - now
than I did way back then,
But the time is fast approaching
when we will hold each other once again.

ŠNorma Cornett Marek
October 17, 2002

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