To Grandmother

 

 

Upon my fingertip today

I caught a tear.

I pondered all the meaning held within its bounds,

sparkling with all the love of many a past year.

 

Listen very closely and hear the sorrowed sounds.

My tears are those of missing you, a void that's never filled.

From day to day I'm at a loss, not knowing what to do.

My heart's a rocky soil, parched and untilled.

 

My thoughts are often afar but mostly are of you.

 

I caught a tear today upon my fingertip.

I strained to see the memories that you've left me.

Your name and all you are and were rest upon my lips.

Someday I know I'll see you; wait and see.

 

I have so many tears; I know I'll never run out.

Each one I catch I'll be thinking of you no doubt;

so wait for me in heaven until we meet again.

 

 

Amanda Schoenwiesner

1/24/03

 

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