There are no boundaries
when loved ones are sick.
Pain, hurt, grief, and helplessness set in.
Wanting to help.
Checking out home remedies.
Panicking to find what will help.
Calling doctors, calling friends.
Spending money towards the newest cure.
Defeat sets in.
He or she is breaking down
and you sit there, hopelessly,
watching it happen.
Last diagnosis seemed hopeful.
New shoes, pills, changes in diet didn’t help.
Your loved one is getting more feeble.
It’s getting scary.
You work and try to take up the load.
He or she watches you and falls asleep.
Frustration sets in. Then anger, fear, and grief.
Then the feeling of loss.
Loss of who you knew.
Wondering who it is that is taking their place.
Their body.
That couldn’t be the one that got on his knees
and asked you to marry him.
Sadness hits you.
Grief creeps in.
Missing him or her
The one you once knew.
