Let Me Go
Dec 23rd, 2009 | By Joseph Meckes | Category: Poetry | 328 viewsHer room was on the second floor
he painfully climbed the stairs.
With heavy heart, his mind was numb
with daily burdened cares.
ICU is a lonely place
smiles are never shared.
Tears are all too common there
and everyone is scared.
She’d been there for several weeks
and seemed to be slipping away.
He tried so hard to convince himself
that God would let her stay.
Her sparkling eyes opened wide
and without uttering a sound
she watched him walk in the room
and excitedly look around.
For a glowing radiance around them cast
a peace they had never known
as a smile came to her lovely lips
he could sense they weren’t alone.
Her arms reached out to hold him close
he sat on her bed real slow.
She looked at him and with her eyes
said, “Darling, please let me go”.
He slowly nodded, “It’s OK”
then gently kissed her hands.
Neither spoke a single word,
tears wet their wedding bands.
The room grew dim and she was gone
his eyes welled up with tears.
It hurt so bad to let her go
after only fifty years.
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About Joe: I've always loved poetry, not all poetry, but the stuff that makes you laugh or cry. I've been writing poetry for family and friends since college but have resisted pushing my poetic style to a public medium until now. I guess I'm a senior citizen since AARP has solicited my membership which I just haven't wanted to accept yet. I am busy with my career as a manufacturing software consultant, spending time with my wife of 34+ years, involved with our two daughter's lives, and my grandsons. Oh those grandsons! I've been blessed in many ways but most of all with health and family. I'm a world traveler and have been dumb struck many times by the beauty of God's world and the complexities of his creation. I hope you enjoy my poetry. Please feel free to contact me; I enjoy the interaction with other creative writers. |
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