Miracle?

She sits on the couch opening an old photo album

Full of photos and postcards

Sent from fred in world war ii, tears streamed down her head

With no place to run

His grandson pulls his arm and asks her

Grandma, what's wrong and what happened to grandpa?

The throb in the throat still does not move

And the rhythm between your eyes begins to flow faster

Fifteen when they met in this little town

On the outskirts of a city that was worn out

She remembers climbing up that hill to catch

A glimpse of the world from an outside perspective

Fred always said he would love to teach his fly

But he was afraid of the death of what would have happened if she died

Then he held her in the sky, let go

And they fell deeply in love with each other

Life is just a miracle

Everything you know is fading slow

Never know exactly what you have

Until it has gone over the rainbow

You'll be better if you will

He will improve if he is loved

She remembers the first time

He forgot who she was

Ten hours a day in the nursing home

Fred, lying in bed, was fed through tubes so that she would carry poems

He always said that his courage is to face his fear

Although he had not recognized his aged face for years

She did not give up though she knew

Though he had a hole in her brain

It was not safe for him to be alone

And every day she noticed all the roses in the vase withering

But hoped and prayed that they might grow

Life is just a miracle

Everything you know is fading slow

Never know exactly what you have

Until it has gone over the rainbow

You'll be better if you will

He will improve if he is loved

She remembers the first time

He forgot who she was

And when her grandson looked at her

She could not help but ignore

The daughter and son-in-law of the other room arguing

Something that did not matter

She told them both not to move and took their husbands glasses

Try them, she said, she said why?

Because I would like to share with you how your father liked to look at life

Her stubborn and seated daughter held the glasses in her hand

So she sat them all down on the couch and this is what she said

Your father would probably have liked me to tell him

That the night you were born it was the night he put the bottle in

And if you ever get into a fight with someone you love

Know that if they die before apologizing, do not live to see tomorrow

Never know what will happen

So when it's hard to deal with, never run away from what you know

And control emotional reactions

When you take your anger to someone else

It's just an escape from looking inside yourself

And taking them for granted

Life is just a miracle

Everything you know is fading slow

Never know exactly what you have

Until it has gone over the rainbow

You'll be better if you will

He will improve if he is loved

She remembers the first time

He forgot who she was