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