the elderly

[written Christmas 2007]
she was born to
and loves them through
she would be bored
but for love’s word
she stays with them
in cough and flem
she cares and smiles
goes many miles
she hears them vent
remains content
she loves so true
i’m hard-pressed to
(why to her unforced?)

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