stand down and stand by
elderly now we
watch rather than live for
as our progeny work out
their own mistakes
and hug their chosen in triumphs
observers now of what we gave life
and fought to nurture
we are left to learn
our own eternal being
elderly now we
watch rather than live for
as our progeny work out
their own mistakes
and hug their chosen in triumphs
observers now of what we gave life
and fought to nurture
we are left to learn
our own eternal being
Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.