SHE’S UP AGAIN

This poem is about meeting life's challenges of illness with love.

SHE’S UP AGAIN

Dedicated to my husband of 51 years

I’ve come to know the time by her pain
It’s four O’three and she’s up again
I am so tired I just fall asleep
Her place near me I will patiently keep
When I feel the weight of her body press the bed
I will lift the covers and welcome her head
To press my chest and gladly bear
Her magnetized body against mine is there
I comfort her by placing her small hand
Precisely into my own larger span
She knows that I will always be here
To welcome her back and ease her fear
These moments so rare and short
I appreciate every breath, every thought
She’s up again and I can hear her prayer
Praying for endurance and courage to bear
What this life has woven in its delivery
Then, she prays for me!

Earthene Fleming
June 20, 2007

Author’s Comments

After a very long and difficult illness, I sensed these are the sentiments my husband may have had about me.