A Selfish Heart
I am a selfish heart
but you knew that from the start.
Self absorbed and oblivious to your needs
and yet, you loved me despite myselfish deeds.
Those last few years I was awakened
by your suffering and my meager care taking.
Through it all you never once complained
surviving silent every ache and demeaning pain.
Faith was yours, so steady and sure
unlike mine that faltered as it watched you endure.
Because of you I loved and prayed
knowing well the coming of your end of days.
And it came, quiet in the mid afternoon
and tearfully I fell hearing a distant celestial tune
and in the heavens, even angels wept
gathering your spirit forever to be in God's arms kept.
There are no words to adequately describe
the blessings in my life which you did provide
but the angels keep the memories alive
while I await our reunion to arrive.
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