Always Grateful

The tears that fell From your lonely eyes Evidence of your extreme fear And sadness My heart bleeds Of knowing you love me so much. I knew how you struggled To keep me still Pleaded to the physician For just another day. I prayed to Almighty God To give me an ample time To say a proper goodbye But my body did not cooperate It was ready to go. My heartbeat faltered My eyes were cloudy And dreary My legs gave way All the way. It was so sudden to leave you Due to a sickness That plagued me I am no longer attuned To this godforsaken body. I will never Hold against you If you accede to What the physician had advised you Instead I will be forever thankful. But you defied everything You brought me home Just to be with me Away from everyone One more time You hold on me so tight. You waited with great passion A sign from heaven Praying ardently to God Hoping for a miracle That I will get better. But no one Could ever Ever conquer The Book of Life That everything will come to its end In God's own time. My day has come Yet it came like a tidal wave Caught me unaware Swayed me to that unknown place And delivered me to the arm of Nothingness. I faced the inevitable I left you with a heavy heart And I brought with me All the treasures you gave Love, kindness Care and happiness. I know God Will make everything right for me Though I tasted a different heaven By being with you With Him There will be no iota of pain. I will be watching over you Every single moment Along with my Father For I am always Always be grateful To you. Copyright 2019, Rose Marie Juan-Austin, All Rights Reserved