It Was Such A Sad Thing Poem by Francis Duggan

It was such a sad thing to see the old man in tears
At the death of the woman he had loved for years
The mother of his children the great love of his life
For fifty five years his devoted wife
An octogenarian she was eighty three
When two weeks ago of a massive heart attack she died suddenly
Death came without warning she had not been unwell
How much he does miss her words could never tell
A sad poor old fellow bald headed and gray
He wept as he sat on the park bench today
Tears at the loss of his dearest friend
The life journey for her had come to an end
I passed by him in his grief as i went on my way
For to comfort him i did not have words to say.