On Her Last Day

We Dine In Favor

On Her Last Day

We sit in as a family

knowing one of us is up

and into the end 

the final hour has passed

Green Bean almondine

sauteed chicken and herb

salad for four

drinks galore

for no chance of appetite

She withers away

as death comes here tonight

and tonight it stay

upon my departure

my worry and glee

gone beyond warning

its just She and me

we leave Her for the last time

on that late Christmas eve

I prayed over Her soul

as God hears my prayer

but then only can she succumb

to the night's final hour

the tree decorated with love

as angels arrive from above

Several hours later

the call comes into play

with nothing more to say

but on that very night

she took her last breath

and not in dismay

Yes, Death was there

and I wasn't to say

The only witness

to view and see the end, the father

as She steps up to Her bedroom

Collapsing on her bed

Closing her eyes for one last time

finally she was complete

Her heart has stopped

just as the clock reads forty past ten

Too late are we on our return

three past midnight

She has left with no concern

One life to live we say

Gone by in an instant

She was the rock of that family

now broken as they depart

on and off to a new start

Only by death

can the new light surround

new beginnings

and old ends are bound

She died with great love in her heart

but still in that house she remains

Her presence is strong as the rift

Silent now you lay 

We will miss you my dear

a great time we had this year

thanks you for your gifts 

and goodbye, goodbye as you were today

Author's Note

For Michelle