Losing It All While Gaining Strength

by Heather Williams - Libra

She's lying in ICU
Connected to God knows how many machines
She's so sick and she is so old
How much longer can she hold on?
I've expected too much from her already
This happened before
And in the showerer I prayed to God
To take her if she was ready
Instead of washing my own hair
I went the the hospitle all dirty
She made it then
But the years have passed
She's so frail
And while I watch my grandmother
Slip into a world that I don't belong in
I understand that I am stronger
From the loss that is about to occur
Birth sign: Libra
Date created: 2001-05-18 16:31:32
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:44:22
Poem ID: 62908

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