Roses

The butcher's wife
is living alone,
after more than
fifty years

of caring
of sharing

of being a wife
a mother .

Now,

she sits alone
at the window
looking out
to the garden...

She misses him,
everyday.

"Daddy", she called him,
and she needed him
to take care of her

she thought.

The roses
are blooming now
her friends are calling
her family visits.
She still loves to dance
and play games
and get out
into the sun,
the pool.
She knows everyone
around
and talks
and talks and
talks
as she walks.

She is living alone,
now

he's gone.

She is still the butcher's wife

but still so full of life.