Grandma B

I watch your aged movements
As you sit there in your chair
I hate to see pain and confusion
Old age has made you bare
Once you were a sign of strength
Giving so much loving care
The difference from my memories
Can hardly seem quite fair

We frequently came visiting
Perhaps at night, or day
And ran around your house and yard
You’d watch us in our play
Down your hill we’d slide in winter
In summer the stairs did okay
And we’d climb among the cherries
In the warm weather of May

As though on a safari
In your garden I’d hunt snails
And you would let me place them
In your used strawberry pails
I’d play with them until tired,
On the waterbed I fell
But first you had to read a book
I knew it’s pages well

And sometimes we would take a drive
And play at Rocket park
Later we would watch movies
As the world outside grew dark
You would have us draw from straws
And to the winner we would hark
And have to watch the movie
That their chosen vote would mark

As bedtime crept closer
We’d bathe with the soap that could float
And have just as much fun with it
As we could with a toy boat
Then maybe we’d present you
With a letter that we wrote
For we’d use grandpa’s typewriter
To write you a loving note

Perhaps we’d end the day
By eating your freezer ice
But eating food at your house
Was always something nice
For breakfast we’d have poached eggs
Or cereal of crispy rice
And at lunch perhaps Totino’s
Over our favorite plate we’d fight

I have so many memories
I’ve made as I have grown
Just like your lovely roses
And other flowers once unknown
But time goes by, the years run on
I couldn’t tell you how they’ve flown
Yet over all the passing time
My memories have shone

I spent so many days with you
When I was just a child
I’ve watched your vibrant love of life
Grow to something mild
As slowly time and age
Difficulties on you piled
My love for you has never ceased
To grow like a flower wild

So as I watch your movements aged
I look into your eyes
I understand your frustration
Revealed by hidden sighs
I thank you for the love you gave
For I’ve learned as time flies
My Grandma B was just the best
For she’s always been loving and wise