"She Saw You"

'She Saw You. "

Greg Budig 2020

She saw you in your 

wedding dress. 

Wearing the pearls 

that she had worn.

Her mother had worn 

them also. They're now 

yours to be handed down. 

She saw you through her 

suffering and the drugs 

that eased her pain. Eyes 

now bright with clarity 

she knew that it was you.

She said you look so 

beautiful... and she smiled.

She saw you as you cried 

so hard, the son she

once held in her arms.

The tears you held for 

so many years, came 

streaming through 

your tired young eyes. 

She saw you as her 

strong young man, who 

still needed to be her quiet 

little boy. Then your pain 

turned into memories,  

your strong laughter now 

echoes down the hall. 

She saw you as you hid 

away, from a fear that 

you held far too long. 

Your nightmare had 

become your reality. 

You could have easily 

just faded away. 

She saw you as you held 

her hand, you brushed 

her soft, thin hair. 

You did not hide, but 

were still afraid.

 You were the woman she 

always knew you could be. 

She saw you as you 

said goodbye. 

She saw you deal

with pain.

She saw you laugh,

she saw you cry. 

She saw you through it all. 

The End