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Two Little Boxes Part 1

Mary spent her final days
Inside a nursing home
Tended to by well trained staff
But still so all alone

They gave her everything of need
Bathed and fed and groomed
Exercise and social time
A clean and friendly room

But everybody knew that she
Was lacking something more
A special friend or family face
To show up at the door

Mary never cried a tear
A smile graced her face
Those that worked around her knew 
This shouldn't be her place

She should have someone at home
To give that special care
To hold her when the pain of age
Became too much to bear

They loved her and they cared for her
As much as strangers can
Doing everything they could
To lend a helping hand

But Mary soon began to fall
Her life was in decline
Her smile slowly faded
And her eyes refused to shine

She passed away one evening
In the comfort of her bed
As nurses stood around her
And they stroked her silver head

They went to call the family
But no number could they find
No-one there to take the call
For someone left behind

Sadness fell about the place
A CNA was called
To go in and remove the things
Around her bed and walls

But there was nothing there to find
Among her issued things
Just two little boxes
Tied with ribbons and some strings

She brought them out and set them down
And all had gathered round
Should they look inside to see
What memories would be found

The charge nurse said, "There's no response
To any call we've made.
No-one cares if she is gone
Or where her body's laid."

Silence gripped the staff on hand
They tried to hide their tears
They looked upon her sum of life
Two tiny boxes here

Someone said, "Let's look inside
To see what she's amassed
We should know what she has had
If anybody asks."

They looked around in silent nod
Agreement had been made
They chose the smallest of the two
And contents were displayed


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