A Quiet Death Poem by Barry Middleton

she only wanted grace
searching for it in prayer
she worked the land for it

and grace became a child
and then her family
but love was lost in death

she put to rest her dream
before her husband died
with all her children grown

as is the modern way
she left her land one day
too old to care for it

she dreamed of it again
one final peaceful night
her children came to her

her husband lived anew
the family all around
within the grace of home