Memories of an RN friend

May 21

By Hugh Allison

Last year
I went to a funeral
   Something
   I seem to always do now
This time
The room was beyond crowded
   Maybe
   The first time I’ve had to stand

I was
Moved to tears by the speakers
   So sad
   That we will not see again
Her smile
Lighting up the local pubs
   Always
   On hand to brighten the mood

Social
Good at talking and list’ning
   Never
   Forgetting to buy her round
So pleased
She’d found the perfect partner
   Who must
   Be suff’ring so much right now

In life
She was an RN who would
   Bring hope
   In both her job and elsewhere
She would
Care for ev’ryone she knew
   Did she
   Know what she meant to us all

Now she
Grins down on us from Heaven
   Sporting
   The gold halo she deserves
And yet
So unassuming with it
   Truly
   She was and is an angel