Thank You

 

I kiss her cheek  

 

because of her kindness.

 

 

 

A small thank you for

 

those ‘baby tears’

 

for my wife she said

 

a gift for Christmas

 

.

 

she’s happy in

 

the Home for the Aged

 

where simple pleasures

 

are hers to share.

 

 

 

For one brief moment my lips

 

touch her cheek

 

for one brief moment

 

I am her son.

 

Thank you lady.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

When I was Administrator of a Home for the Aged in Petrolia, Ontario, Canada, I cherished time spent with this resident. Her wonderful Christmas gift was for my wife and I still remember that precious moment of receiving it.