in sickness

ticking tips of clock-like knitting needles
accompany hospital sounds as we
wait
for IV fluids to do their thing

she is there
my girl---------beauty---------wife

listening------easy talk
making life life

a simple church in Saskatchewan prairie
sun slanting in window
piano playing Debussy

we walk aisle together
no giving away
we are each other’s

little did we know of
sickness and health
little did I know
of this woman
who makes her children stars
who teaches little ones to love
who makes our house a home
who knits for little ones in Africa
who cares and cares and cares and cares