Written for you, my very dear and very much loved
Aunt Darlydene and Unca Mahlon.
Love Lines
I look at your faces, the love in each line
and realize so clearly I want them in mine
I've worried too much what to me age has done
the expressions of life, the hours in the sun
I love every line, every curl of gray hair
the wisps of affection I see you two share
your lines have a meaning, moments through time
spent with your love, your partner in "crime"
Lines made by laughter, by worry and care
they're made by the love that has kept you both there
the wrinkles and "crows feet" I don't like on me
Look so endearing on you two, you see ..
His eyebrows so quirky, her brown eyes so dear
his grumbles of vowels and her chortles so clear
her table made ready with scrumptious delights
and his coffee made early and always just right
From the time I was little Unc, you've been solidly there
trustworthy and upright with that lovely thick hair
(I had to, it rhymes! Plus with all of your teasing it only seemed fair)
You're a man full of wisdom, both in action and word
of an uncle more humble, more kind I've not heard
And you, my dear aunt, always found by his side
you've loved him completely since you were his bride
I'm thankful for memories of a home full of love
of warmth and a goodness that came from above
I pause as I write this ... it's surely not so
my heart hurts just thinking of the one who must go
I can't stop the tears that are blurring my sight
and wonder how you, aunt, can get through the night
and then I remember, am reminded with shame
you both have a Father you can cry for by name
a God who will hold you safe through each day
and a Comforter to heal us when you, unc, slip away.
Uncle I love you much more than you know
I'll miss you tremendously when you're called to go
but oh what is waiting just 'round the bend
is but the beginning for you, not the end.
And those lines that I've hated to see growing deep
are now lines I'm loving and wanting to keep
I only see beauty when I look at you two
and know with a certainty they're worth it, I do.
Thank you for your faithful example of love
both for each other and your Father above.
your loving niece,
Kelly
