Maxine’s Poem

I now look upon your face,

And in your eye I see a tear.

I relive the memories dear

That return through many a year,

And too, the love we shared.

We were young, and so in love

That nothing could deter us from

Facing all that was to come.

All that the family would become

Enhanced the love we shared.

Troubles came, as troubles do,

And through it all, the way was long,

But we held firm, and we were strong.

It taught us that we were not wrong

To trust the love we shared.

Inevitably, we had to part.

You to go through Heaven’s gate,

And I to stay behind and wait

Until the day I meet my fate.

Again, our love, we’ll share.