Linger here a little longer
Remain nearby
to me a while
Sing to me sweet songs of love
and let me comfort
in your smile.
While you tarry, with your fingers
gently touch my tired hands;
cool my brow with dampened cloth
and wet my lips
with drips of dew.
After, kiss my eyelids gently clos-ed,
fold my arms across my chest —
and let me sail that ancient river
to the harbor of my rest.
Tags: dying, gentleness, hospice
My father. My children’s grandfather. My friend. by Jessi Clarkson, Skip’s daughter. You haven’t heard from my father in a while. He has been absent from this blog for health reasons. My sweet father passed away this Monday approximately 1:00 AM. My sisters and I gathered around his hospital bedside and held his hand as […]
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Stunning & beautiful. Thank you.
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