Warm Birth -- Cold Death

Warm Birth – Cold Death
By Larry Linville

Her birth was such a happy day
with her family gathered around.
Her helpless form warmly welcomed
as her parents hearts would pound.

Over four score years later
she laid lonely in a bed
in a cold sterile hospital
with only nurses at her head.

She had no friend or family
at her bedside as she died.
No one to wipe away her tears
of her loneliness as she cried.

She stood at bedsides through her life
as a dedicated nurse.
she watched veterans as they died
in loneliness and even worse.

It may appear she was alone
in her final transition.
But she was in the special care
of the Great Physician.