More Reflections on Life Changing in Ways We Don't Always Understand

A few days ago, I shared a poem about some of the hard changes I've been processing with my grandparents recently. That poem was specifically about what I've been walking through with my Grandma, but it's also meant changes with my Grandpa too. This poem is specifically related to that. I'm not actually sure if it's part of the last one, or if it's a new one.

I see you there

With sad in your eyes

The love of your life

Is changing each day

Some days she's angry

And pushes away

Some days she needs you

And pulls you in close

Disease stole her body

And now has her mind

She's here and she's not

So hard to find

I see you there

Loving her still

In pain and in sorrow

You never give up

I listen and watch

I see all you do

It makes me desire

A love like you have

Through life's ups and downs

Endurance has marked it

You hold on for good

You held on in hard

I see you there

Lonely and lost

Crying and hurting

For what has been lost

I'm grateful for you

Your love and your caring

For me through the years

 I cannot forget

Every smile, every hug

 Every prayer that you pray

All the laughter we've shared

It's part of me now

I love much more

Than what I can say

Grandpa, I love you

Is just not enough