Grandma in Her Seventy-Eighth

grandma in her seventy-eighth

grandma in her seventy-eighth
year says she is here
for her final visit of America –
picking her up from the
airport, i held her for the
first time in four years
like it was the last time
and lying in the bedroom
next to hers, i listen
for the familiar rhythmic
breathing of her heavy heart
.

Yi-Ching Lin

Posted over on her site Yi's Bits on "Healthy Doses"