Coffee With Grandpa

Sharing a cup of coffee
With my grandfather,
My one last living elder,
Now in a nursing home.

It's an early sunday morning
And I'm just getting out of
Work at the hospital
After a 12 hour night shift.

Sharing this time and coffee,
Black with just a bit of sugar,
Might be the only comfort I
May be able to offer him today.

Left alone in this place
By his other family,
It's my privilege, my duty,
My pleasure, to just visit.

I doze off on the couch,
He dozes off in his wheelchair,
The coffee grows cold, I get up to go home.
"See you next time around, grandpa."