It Won't Be Long

After all was said and done
they whispered to him,
"Your love has gone."
He shuffled out of bed
leaving the cold sheets behind.
He looked at his wife of
more than 50 years
Beautiful, marvelous, she lay
He pulled back the covers
of her hospital bed
and climbed inside.
He lay next to her,
body still warm and so soft-
he hadn't been able to
lay next to her for so long
He wanted to remember
the way she fit so well beside him
her sweet smell of lilaacs
and baby powder.
He sighed and thanked the Lord
for taking her home
"It won't be long, my Love,
I'll be seeing you", for her ears only.
Reluctant, he left the
warm blue sheets, warm wife
and crawled back into his cold ones.
tears cloud his vision.