Dear Fran

Dear Fran,
I wish more people knew you
Knew your type of love
For I've never seen passion like it
A gift you bestowed on me
As I was passing through.

A woman of God
Of good character, wisdom
At nightfall you knelt by your bed
Loving this world for what it is
For what you knew it as.

Oh Fran,
I helped you find you're room today
All day, in fact
I put you to sleep at seven
In hopes you'd get to see
Another morning.

Today as you awoke
I opened your window
And you gasped in excitement
'My, would you look at that.'
The early morning sun
Was peaking over the building top
And you smiled at me
With a quivering lip
Grabbed my hand even
'What a beautiful world we live in'
And I shed a tear
Because of your happiness
An endless moment of my life.

You are almost 100
So many years
And yet you've kept
Such an innocent
Beauty in your soul.

How happy you make your love
So true and calm
So witty
So lost
I'll help you find your way.

Because I've been blind
And you opened the window
To my heart
With your kindness and love
As the sun rose today.

~ B