Another Little Change

Elsie  Duggan
Author: Elsie Duggan
Word Count: 245
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Another Little Change

A poem about another change in my life since my husband passed away, I think of him every day, and every little change is like
climbing a mountain to me.

Another Little Change belongs to the following groups:

All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Everyday Women, Light In The Darkness, Live, Love, Dream: , Masterpieces: Literary Workshop and WMG

As I lie alone in my little twin bed

Not the king sized one my love shared with me

I wonder if he knows I miss him in that space

That’s no longer here, nor is he

I’m not sleeping as well as I used too

I don’t seem to have enough room

I rested peacefully on his side of our memory foam

I need him to come and visit me soon

I want him to come and tell me

that’s its okay for the change

I know I’m being very silly

But somehow I seem out of range

I’m in this little slab of a bed

Oh, it has a pillow top

But it’s up on wheels and it is too high

To get up on it I have to hop

I’m planning to take the wheels off

And make an adjustment that way

But it won’t be the same I just know it

Together everything was okay

Why do I feel I want his permission

Well, that’s really not the right word

But I feel as if I’ve given up part of our life

And I know I’m being absurd

It’s just one of those very small things

The things that nag at you in the night

We shared that bed for so many years

I want to hear him whisper , Babe, it’s all right

I love you Bill

  • enchantedImages

    enchantedImages

    Hi Elsie.
    How sweet and sad you miss your Bill (of course you do).
    You made me tear up. I know what you mean about wanting to ask him about taking off the wheels.
    I always enjoy your writings.
    Blessings,
    Bobbi

  • Elsie  Duggan

    Elsie Duggan

    Thank you Bobbi, I appreciate your reading my work, I have to get around more, trying for a bit of me time, will come soon, at least I hope so. Elsie

  • RVRFNX

    RVRFNX

    This is amazing. Really breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing.

  • Elsie Duggan replied

    Thank you so much for reading my poem and commenting, this particular poem means a lot to me, and I have no idea why.

  • tkrosevear

    tkrosevear

    OH MOM, ya gotta know he’s always with you and he misses you like crazy too and telling you it’s alright ~ if one of those ‘guys’ don’t take off the wheels, I sure will in November ;) I Love You ;) xoxoxox ♥

  • Elsie Duggan replied

    Hi Tammy, I don’t want the wheels off until I can move the bed, believe me they try to do it, I only want to make one more change for now, and seeing you is one of them, I love you , Mom

  • oneperfectkiss

    oneperfectkiss

    I am sure he misses you just as much you miss him Elsie. xx

  • Elsie Duggan replied

    Thank you, I know he does, he has never really left me, and I feel him with me all the time, so this poem is like talking to him about something bothering me. lol.

  • Alison Pearce

    Alison Pearce

    He knows Elsie, and he’s always with you :) Beautifully written

  • Elsie Duggan replied

    Thank you Alison, I appreciate your commenting, as I know what a great friend I have in you, and that your poetry is so lovely, I have to get to read others on here, just no time lately, but
    that will change, Billy going to California to get married, well not right away, but to live there, and
    then I will have more time to myself. take care, love you, Elsie

  • Alison Pearce

    Alison Pearce

    Billy’s getting married!! Boy I’m behind the times!! Many congrats to him :)

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