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SmartChick
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

0 posted 2004-02-10 06:56 PM

A Compassionate Heart
~ By Sue ~

I went to work this morning
I felt an ache inside my heart
They did not get her up
I went to check on her
There she lay in that bed
Breakfast and lunch was fed to her
What little I could get her to eat
At breakfast she drank all of her juice
At lunch she drank a glass of liquid
And ate so very little
I have watched her as she grows thinner
She is nothing but skin and bones
I remember her sweet laughter
Whenever the music played
Being unable to walk
She moved her feet and her hands
The music always livened her up
Now, I watch her while laying in that bed
I feel the tears inside my heart
As I watch her just lying there
Then when the day comes to an end
And I am driving home
My thoughts turn towards tomorrow
With fear of even going in
And maybe finding, she is no longer there
Sometimes, my job seems to hard
The compassion I feel deep inside
I give it all to them
It is so easy to get attatched
I can not help myself
When it comes time for them to go
It is so hard for me to see

2-10-04

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

1 posted 2004-02-10 07:01 PM

Yes, you certainly do have a kind and caring heart Sue. Your job isn't easy by no means. You've written your feelings well. hugs, Chris

"At one glance
I love you
With a thousand hearts."

— Mihri Hatun, Turkish poet

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2004-02-10 07:39 PM

SweetSuzieQ~
You are of very tender heart ... I know~
This is so warm and touching~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

noles1@totcon.com

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

3 posted 2004-02-10 09:06 PM

Oh, Sue

Your words struck a chord with me. Last year I became a volunteer in my local community and I have been visiting an 83 year old lady named Merle every Friday. We just sit and talk for two hours and lately she hasn't been well and I don't know how I will cope emotionally if something happens to her. I plan to do more voluntary work this year but being a sensitive soul like yourself, I think I will find it hard to deal with when it comes the time for them to part.

Thank you for a most compassionate write and for exposing your beautiful heart.

Take care.......Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.