Framed By Love
You asked me to make sure your husband didn’t drink
that December day as I pushed your chair through glass-encased gardens.
A friend in need you had always been, I could deny you nothing,
but Paul lost it and left town when you died.
Living just long enough to see your first grandchild born,
it was a three-year battle before cancer put you in that wheelchair.
Look at how lovingly Paul holds your hand here,
standing by Chris whose smile lit our lives.
Chris and I gave the eulogy together as you asked,
but you knew that since Chris is with you now.
Only weeks after your death did we learn of Chris’s cancer.
Tell him I miss our travels as I embrace this photo
with my heart’s frame of eternal love.
*For Sidney Lee Ann’s “Picture Frame” contest
Dedicated to Jeanett, who saw her grandson born on Christmas
before dying in January 2003. Our friend Chris died Christmas Day 2005.
The photo makes me think how different life was
when we spent all our free time together.
Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2011
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