SECOND SIGHT
By Rosemary Clarke
Though
you cannot see me I'm still with you
Knowing all your sorrows and your joys
Seeing every worry life has brought you...
Remembering when you first bought that toy
How your eyes sparkled as you unwrapped it
Loving the excitement in your heart
Watching as you played too rough and snapped it
Crying with you as it fell apart
Bringing it to me to put together
Trusting just to me to make it whole
Make it fit for any kind of weather
Happiness for you, that was my goal.
Then you reached your teens and went to study
Making me so proud to see you win
Knowing that with joy and cheeks so ruddy
You were letting your true life begin
Then a mate had come so quickly after
With the children one, two, three, and four
Hearing all your family's new laughter
Knowing you were stronger than before.
Then disease struck and we parted time dear
They wouldn't let you see me in the ground
All your hopes and dreams were haunted with fear
Feeling I would never be around.
Though you cannot see me I'm still with you.
Watching as you smile through painful tears
Know that I will always be there with you
As I have been all along the years.
Copyright
Rosemary Clarke