Old Lady Lost Poems By Lynn Barany Goodbye my sweet dear lady, I only met you with a glance. I would have liked to know you, But I didn't have a chance. Your family one by one they came To try to explain to you, That you are ninety one years old And can't go back to the home you knew. They say that you are very confused And you asked them, "Why is that"? The answer was quite simple, "Mom, you're old, and that's a fact". Well my dear sweet lady lost I enjoyed our little smiles, If only for a moment, If only for awhile. You didn't like the hospital, Said it was full of germs, I just hope you like the nursing home But they have no magic cure. I pray you have the sweetest dreams And I wish you all the best, May your confusion remember the best of times, And your senility forget the rest.

Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poet's home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)