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It is so difficult to move along after your love in life, and best friend has passed from it.
Time Has Gone By
Time Has gone By
By Franklin Price
01/14/2025
Time has gone by. I'm up in life.
Three years ago I lost my wife
Cancer, then covid came around
She, way too soon, was Heaven bound
Late in the year of oh one nine
A spot was found beside her spine
Her doctor said, with little doubt
It was a cyst, it must come out
They operated, to remove
It left a scar, an ugly groove
Turned out, was cancer that was there
And would require further care
Scans showed that there were several more
They did declare, she was stage four
Some in the body, some the brain
She must have treatment to remain
Those in the brain, did radiate
To rid them all, was not too late
They chemoed for the ones below
How long she had, they did not know
Week by week, they played the song
Was then that covid came along
To limit all she loved to do
Could not be lost to Covid too
Chemo depletes the ways to cope
Outside infections give less hope
Could not go out with Covid 'round
Must stay inside and homeward bound
Could not tend to well loved plants
Not go outside, to walk or dance
Not concentrate to read a book
Cancer and covid all forsook
Not much, for her, was left in life
Every day was pain and strife
I did the best that I could do
To help her cope, to pull her through
Three years went by, we did our best
Our love, each day, put to the test
It did not falter, did not die
I'll tell you now, the reason why
God had put us both on earth
To be together, show our worth
Til death did part the groom and bride
In health and sickness, side by side
Then came the year of twenty-two
Eighteen days, the month was new
She could no longer fight the fight
She left us early in the night
The three of us were holding tight
When Christ our savior made things right
Took her up to Heaven's door
She does not suffer any more
My daughter and I had a cry
We had, together, watched her die
It was with peace, and with His grace
She looked upon our savior's face
I'm by myself, but not alone
Her spirit's here, though time has grown
And when my final days are done
We'll be together in the sun
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