Alone

 

Alone

 

Two lonely people, son so busy

With children and wife,

his job and his life.

The family visit with some time to spare

Trying to look out for their parents’ welfare.

 

Two faces light up when grandchildren call in

They chatter away

about how their life has been.

The stories that reflect their own

The years gone by and how they’ve grown.

 

The district nurse calls every day

With an injection that keeps

That disease at bay.

Filing cabinet full of NHS letters

And this condition will not get any better.

 

They watch some old films and reminisce.

How ever did their later lives

even get like this.

Now they have only got each other

And she remains a wife and a mother.

 

They’ve had a good life and shouldn’t be sad

They are so proud to be

Grandma and Grandad!

Son’s girls have got bigger, they don’t see them a lot

They’re so far away and that’s the upshot.

 

They hold hands, they’re still in love

They want to be together

when they pass up above.

The time is close, enough is enough

Nothing is easy and life has got tough

 

Now the son’s daughters have left home

Now him and his estranged wife

have been left alone

Middle age has passed, crept up twilight years

They think of their parents and shed a few tears.

Copyright Linda Lawrence