My burden's been lifted, or
Lessened. I search instead
For the purpose I've lost or
Misplaced. Caregiving is a
Job or a job description, so
Once it passes you are no
Longer giving care.The work
Is over, finished, the burden
Lifted, and you by definition
No longer occupy that job.
By definition caregiver does
Not define you, it is not who
You are. It doesn't define me.
I am no longer your caregiver
I am bereft of the work that
Love had become. My job, to
Care for you, to take care of
You left my house, our house
When you passed, leaving me
With the caring, the love but
Without you. I seek a purpose
To turn to, knowing there will
Be none as deep, or intense
As giving care to my beloved,
Knowing that my love and my
Care survives when caregiving
Passes so that memories hold
Its place.
this is our life 