If by some miracle I could talk to you I would have a million things to say And yet I know you wouldn’t hear a word of mine Because you have gone so far away By now you have crossed countless miles Of mountains, land and sea Our precious Lord has taken you So far, far away from me I talk often to your lovely portrait From what I believe is the depths of my soul When I’ve told you how much I still love you I sense somehow that my heart has been broken And never again will be whole I am advised by many that life goes on And I must admit that is true But it offers me no comfort as I cannot envision my life going on If it means going on without you I know you can tell from my first line That my wishes are quite in vain And I should be thinking the Lord For freeing you from you bed of constant pain And with his promise of eternal life Our loving spirits will be entwined again
This poem was written for my mom, who has end-stage lung cancer
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