Elton Camp Poet Rhyme

To Grandmother's House We Go

To Grandmother’s House We Go

By Elton Camp

To visit grandmother was a child’s delight 
A welcoming hug made everything right
Aroma of fresh-baked cookies filled the air
About the family’s visit, granny did so care

Her comfortable old house, family enjoy
Welcomed each grandchild, girl and boy
She would take up time with each little one
To listen, talk, laugh and enjoy having fun

Such times, sadly, were then and this is now
Changes, such happy days seldom will allow
“Grandmother won’t be home when we arrive.
For she will be working at her job nine to five.”

At her age, jobs from which to choose are few
With what she is able to find, she will make do
“Welcome to Wal-Mart,” she says at the door
An old, tired lady can actually do but little more

It isn’t that she really wants to or that’s she able
It’s the only way she can keep food on the table
It is necessary because her husband passed away
And her income’s too small the many bills to pay

And the old homestead she wasn’t able to keep
But moved to the project where costs aren’t steep
She gets home, her feet hurt and back does ache,
It breaks her old heart not to be able to offer cake

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