Playing cards or dominos,
as we do every week,
he slipped back into French,
then could barely speak.
His brain had grown too tired,
and his body soon it followed.
I know he is old and frail
and today he cannot think,
but it’s a hurtful thing to see,
and even harder to swallow.
Doris Elaine Wood-Lane
4/27/17
Sunshine Lane 