To the Love of my Life, Jim

We won

We never gave up.

We saw the vision

And we worked

Consistently for years and years

Our reward is invisible to many

We are not flashy

We are not the leaders on stage

We sit in the back

We hold each other’s hands as tears run down our face

We wonder why we did not reach our goals

OR have we

We have us, health, breath, more than we would have

We plant seeds and they are slow-growing

We may not see the reward in our lives

But the seeds are in the ground as deep roots

We have what we need.

Much more than we had.

We have been blessed.

We may never advance on stage again,

But someone we introduced will change the world

Because we never gave up

We keep on keeping on

Because we do, a legacy is born

We are the messenger and others have the decision to listen

Some will, some won’t, so what?

Their life will change or won’t

Some will have more and be more

Because we never gave up

We are the little man

We changed our own life in a big way

To the world, it seems small

We know the blessing and we are grateful

Because we are in the back, holding onto each other’s hand, tears running down our face because we still have breath and an open heart to share.

Will someone listen to us before our time is done on earth?

It doesn’t matter,

We are the messenger and we are grateful for the change in us.

We will never give up.