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