Grandpa, Please Don'T Die

His aged fingers squeezed hers at last
    Was this a final, fatal goodbye?
  Her tears stuck to her pillow
    No, grandpa, please don't die

  Heading downstairs she turned on the light
    gasped, then shook with fright --
  'Twas grandpa, a young man, reading to her mother
    ~ Did God mean this for her to uncover?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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August 24, 2023 at 8:40 PM
I loved this couplet, Gershon. A message from God and her beloved grandpa.
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