My Grandmother

My grandmother

We went riding on golf carts

Me, sitting on her lap steering 

Flishing with bamboo poles 

Minnows nibbling at our feet 

As they hang off the dock 

Swimming

Givimg the dogs baths 

Doing everything in that pond

Playing the piano

Guitar and tambourine 

Watching you sing

And, then you couldn't see or hear as well

And it all faded away 

Things got hard and went downhill fast

Everyone chipped in to help you

In and out of the hospital 

Sometimes for weeks 

And then, on October 27, 2016

You were gone