How did you know?

The day had come I never wanted.
I couldn't bear to awake without you there.
I knew you'd never want me to live that way
So I did what you had done so strongly for the last 2 years
I lifed my head from my pillow of pain to face another day.
You gave me love and devotion for 17 years
I would have given the world for you to be OK.
But at the end of the battle I could ask nothing more of you.
It was your tunr to ask.
You asked only one thing
The thing I didn't think I'd be able to do
Your eyes said it was time, my heart said it never would be
When your time near your strength pulled me through
Strength I now know was because you knew
You knew your time was done, you'd given me all you had to give.
You knew in a house not too far away awaited 2 souls in need of love
Souls I didn't know existed but you knew
You knew their need for me was as great as my need for them.
So you let me hold you one last time
and quetly slipped away leaving a hole in my heart
a hole just right for two little boys
Who each had holes in their hearts just right for me.

How beautiful and true. Its says so much on how one feels no matter how long our loved ones are here with us.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

*Now I'm teary eyed - I am reading this while listening to Love, Me by Colin Raye.*

Writing is a good way to work toward healing. Thank you for sharing this with us, it shows you are still in a great deal of pain. But it does get better with time (believe it or not)

Originally posted by hissy
Writing is a good way to work toward healing

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yes it is