Safe In My Heart
My heart still feels those times spent in the warmth
while in your arms as your sweet pride and joy-
but life does balance joy with darker days,
and sometimes, there is nothing one can do.
I couldn't bear to see your tear-filled eyes-
your robust figure turned to skin and bone;
your pleading hands that yearned for yesterday-
the pain of death that stole you from my life.
Oh dear Grandma, I once laid in your arms-
and though I know I'll be with you someday;
now tucked away from sights of mind and eye-
safe in my heartfelt memories, you sleep.
April 4, 2020
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'Poetic Lines From a Poetry Soup Poet - Eve Roper'
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Line Used: "My heart still feels those times spent in the warmth"
from the poem 'What The Eye Sees The Heart Cannot Forget',
by Eve Roper
Copyright © Sandra Haight | Year Posted 2020
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