When Goodbye We All Must Say
Today I saw my mother
She seems so tired these days
She knows that she is very sick
Still she says it's all okay
She tells us to not worry
There is a time we all must go
She talks about the plans she's made
And the things that we should know
She says that when her fight is done
And she has given all she can
She knows she'll then be ready
To meet her journeys end
We tell her to keep fighting
Dont give up on her life
Inside we know her journey
Must have an end in sight
I dont know really what to do
For this woman I so love
She has raised five children on her own
And not once did she give up
We tell her that we love her
And pretend that we dont see
This disease that has taken her
And dropped her to her knees
I love my mother very much
And want to take from her this pain
I dread that day I know will come
When goodbye we all must say
Carl Joseph Roberts
I have no idea how much longer we will have as she has been on Dialysis for so long and has gotten so much worse. No longer able to walk or catch her breath, I hope she still has many years but I realize that she is getting worse each month. Still I know that only God has a plan for when any of us go. So if I have lapse in writing it is because I want to spend as much time with her as I can.