CHALLENGES OF WIDOWS

WHEN YOUR PARTNER DIES

AND YOU ARE LEFT ALONE

YOU START TO WISH YOU WERE GONE

WHY NOT ME YOU ASK

LIFE WENT BY JUST TOO FAST

AS YOU TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME

YOU THINK WHAT DO I DO

TO HELP MYSELF & OTHERS TOO

YOU KNOW YOU CAN’T DWELL ON THE PAST

 KEEP YOUR MIND BUSY

MAKE GOOD THOUGHTS LAST

WHEN BAD THOUGHTS CREEP IN

JUST THROW THEM OUT AGAIN

KEEP YOUR BODY MOVING

REMEMBER THOSE DANCE STEPS

IN YOUNGER DAYS

TURN ON THE MUSIC

MOVE, MOVE, MOVE

GET IN THE GROOVE, ALL SORTS OF WAYS

GET RHYTHM IN THOSE BONES

LET YOUR HEART BEAT WITH THE DRUMS

AND, AGAIN, YOU’LL START TO FEEL YOUNG

 KEEP ON MOVING AND DON’T QUIT

YOU MAY BE SLOWER BUT YOU’RE OUT OF THE PIT

A LOT WISER & CHOMPING AT THE BIT

TO KEEP Al & DEMENTIA AWAY

KEEP YOUR MIND  BUSY AND FIT

FIND THE TIME TO TALK TO GOD & PRAY

FIND SOMEONE TO BEFRIEND

THEY MAY NEED TO TALK 

OR HAVE AN EAR TO LEND

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS IN GOD’S PLAN

HE GAVE YOU THIS BODY, MIND, & SOUL

TAKE CARE OF IT THE BEST YOU CAN

DIANE HARPOLE 10/21/20

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