It is so hard, so very hard,
when a loved one suffers so.
Nothing hurts you more in life,
when they are laid so low.

You set by the bedside
and hold their feeble hand.
You see them growing weaker
and it's hard to understand.

They have been so much a part
of your life up to now.
You want them back as before,
if only God would allow.

Help, Oh God help my dear one,
and let them return to me.
Let thy mercy be poured upon them
and all glory and praise be to Thee!

© by Paul H. Leaman
10/09/2005