REST IN PEACE MRS. FRANCES
Grandmom only the morning sunshine can capture the beauty in your eyes
that’s why i say good morning to you when i see the sunrise
this loss we carry
like wings of a dove we will heal in Love
knowing you’ve gone up Yonder to be with the Lord gives me grace
and knowing one day i will again see your face
you are Proverbs 10:7—
good people will be remembered as a blessing
Grandmom you ain’t never left
you help bring out my best
you’re on my mind always, in all ways, on all days
truly knew my words held powers for years
since reading scriptures into your dying ears
holy art thou amongst the stars
only your peace can cease this grief
i’m never lost because of you and the love you’ve shown
still gives me guidance & balance to find my way back home
Grandmom you’re in all the good that your daughter and her children
and their children even their children’s children do
all the goodness in this family‘s heart i can trace back to you
and sometimes i’m torn about what happens first when i enter Heaven’s doors,
do i go greet the Lord?
or do i run to that embrace that I’ve been missing and yearning for of yours
you were our garden
and it was Godly how you grew things on that little patch of dirt
and how your face & embrace could melt away life’s hurt
it was majestic - how you just did God’s work
how you saw beyond our faults
acceptance & forgiveness was always taught
tables & pews at the church houses & tabernacles were filled because of you
you had more reverence than reverends & preachers
you had more patience than parents and teachers
i’ve seen your loving hands stop seizures
and it didn’t matter where - you were always in prayer
kept us covered - never left us lonely
taught us how to turn test into testimonies
so this poem is really an armful of your favorite gladiolus
or one last rose i suppose
as I’m writing this i feel touched by your spirit
and i pray to God that you can hear it
what’s more important the words or the flowers
the gifts of a poet
or the soil that helped grow it
there will never be another light that shines as bright as yours in my life
Grandmoms i miss you - i miss your hugs - i miss your meals -
i miss your songs -,i miss your smell - i miss your laugh
i’ve had visions of you many times since you passed
i see you Sunday of communion dressed in white
surrounded by children
i pray for the day we have a reunion and our souls can unite
my heavy heart is baptized with your hallelujahs when i hear you singing
i’m going up Yonder to be with our Lord
i pray that with this love card you left me
i can swipe my way into Heaven’s door
and see you once more