Watching and Waiting
Watching as a loved sibling slips away,
I bring up happy memories we own.
I wonder why I am the one to stay.
Resentful of the passing of each day,
at times connected only by the phone,
watching as a loved sibling slips away.
I notice his black hair has turned to gray,
as he says he is chilled unto the bone.
I wonder why I am the one to stay.
To save him there’s no price I wouldn’t pay.
His going leaves me that more all alone,
watching as a loved sibling slips away.
In trying my deep grief not to display
I keep my features immobile as stone.
I wonder why I am the one to stay.
Falling at last upon my knees to pray
I ask He hear me from His mighty throne.
Watching as a loved sibling slips away,
I wonder why I am the one to stay.
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