Grandchildren and Great Grandchild, fill out the clan,
They’re all a part of GOD’S Heavenly plan.
I’ve made my deposit, to the bank here on earth.
That’s how we are measured by what we are worth.

Then GOD gave me friends and said, “Now you have wealth.”
“I’ve given you much, but I won’t guarantee health.”
“Your family and friends will watch over you.”
“And fill you with laughter whenever you’re blue.”

Then I answered, “GOD, I don’t want to sound brash,”
“But I wish YOU would have included a little more cash.”
GOD then roared with laughter and said, “Don’t you know?”
“You can’t take it with you when I say Let’s Go.”

Then I looked at my family and then my friends too,
And realized what GOD said, really was true.
If you have your family and someone to call friend,
That’s all you will need, right up to the end.

So, no more complaining, I have my gold mine,
I’ll just ride life’s train to the end of the line.
And at the Heavenly Depot, I won’t have a care.
‘Cause GOD gave me enough to pay the full fare.

© Joe Pielmeier Sr. ~ 2002

To Caroline Kate

The love of my life

You may not know it my dear wife,
But as I say your name each night.

I know I’ll love you for all my life

Thinking of you as I turn out the light

We will both grow old together

Throughout our twilight years

No matter what life brings I’ll be yours forever

Through all life’s aches and pains and fears

 
Sometimes life may be a struggle,

As we wake to start each new day

With you there is much I want to do

And so very much I would like to say

But if it all should end tomorrow,
I want you now to know.
I will always love my dear Caroline,
and I hope she loves her Steve.

I wake up every morning I’m really missing you,

At night I had a dream of you it’s all I seem to do

Another day of missing you is what now I will do

That can only happen because I love you like I do

Now that I’m awake missing you is what I do

Now the day has started I wish I could see you

Thinking of you dear wife I know true love never dies

 I think of you all day long it brings tear drops in my eyes

Soon it will be night I wish could be there with you

Cuddled up with you on the sofa is what I’d like to do

Instead I will spend all my night sat here missing you

There’s nothing more to do if you love your wife as I do

I could never love again these words I say are true

How can I when I’ll spend my whole life loving you

I hope that every night that someday you do find

I am here each and every day somewhere on your mind

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Its always you that is in my head

If only I could have a wish

That it is not you that I now miss

But I still lie in bed all these days

And I think of my wife in so many ways

I lie and think of our last day together

I lie and think how I could have made it better

I Love you so much and want to show how I feel

I need you to know what I have for you is real

Every moment with you I will cherish forever

I wish right now that we could be together

Instead of your gown it is you I want beside me

It’s only with you that I can be set free

Without my wife by my side I feel out of place

When I close my eyes I think of you and see your face

I am missing you so very much, I just want you here

Do you really know how much I need you my dear

I Love you my wife don’t leave me here all alone

Please phone me up and say I can come home

My Love for you is far more than real

I lie here in bed wondering how you feel

And I still lie here in some sort of daze

Thinking of you my love in so many ways

I still lie here thinking of our last day together

I am thinking now I could have made it better

Did I get it across to you about how I feel

Did I show that what I have for you is real

I hope you know you are my life

What more can I say I love my wife

It seemed like only yesterday,
When you walked down the aisle.
I saw the love light in your eyes,
And your gentle little smile.

You were nervous, so was I
You whispered, “Yes I do.”
I repeated, we embraced,
And I said, “I love you.”

We stood together, side by side,
Through times both thick and thin.
When troubles tried to fog our minds,
Our love grew strong within.

The bad times, we just pushed aside,
Our hearts were filled with joy.
First came our baby daughter,
And then our little boy.

Now they are grown and on their own,
The years went by too fast.
The home was always full of love,
We wanted it to last.

Next grandkids filled the quiet home,
New toys and screams of glee.
It was another happy time
For Grandma and for me.

GOD then saw fit to bless us both,
A Great grand daughter came along.
Once again our lives were made complete,
And our hearts were filled with song.

So life has come full circle,
May our love keep burning bright.
You are the one who holds my heart,
Through morning, noon and night.

For I love you like ’twas yesterday.
When we became as one,
You were friend, a lover, Mother too
And I say to you, “Well Done!”

© Joe Pielmeier Sr.

Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose. And every year her husband had sent them, tied with pretty bows. The year he died, the roses were delivered to her door. The card said, “Be my Valentine,” like all the years before.

Each year he’d sent her roses, and the note would always say, “I love you even more this year, than last year on this day.” “My love for you will always grow, with every passing year.” She knew this was the last time that the roses would appear.

She thought, “He’d ordered roses in advance before this day.” Her husband could not have known, that he would pass away. He always liked to do things early; way before the time. Then, if he got too busy, everything would work out fine.

She trimmed the stems, and placed them in a very special vase. Then, sat the vase beside the portrait of his smiling face. And then she sat for hours, in her husband’s favorite chair; While staring at his picture, and the roses sitting there.

A year went by, and it was hard to live without her mate. With loneliness and solitude, that had become her fate. Then, the very hour, as on Valentines before, The doorbell rang, and there were roses, sitting by her door.

She brought the roses in, and then just looked at them in shock. Then, went to get the telephone, to call the florist shop. The owner answered, and she asked him, if he would explain, Why would someone do this to her, causing her such pain?

“I know your husband passed away, more than a year ago,” The owner said, “I knew you’d call, and you would want to know.” “The flowers you received today, were paid for in advance.” “Your husband always planned ahead, he left nothing to chance.”

“There is a standing order, that I have on file down here, And he has paid, well in advance, you’ll get them every year. There also is another thing, that I think you should know, He wrote a special little card…he did this years ago.”

“Then, should ever, I find out that he’s no longer here, That’s the card…that should be sent, to you the following year.” She thanked him and hung up the phone, her tears now flowing hard. Her fingers shaking, as she slowly reached to get the card.

Inside the card, she saw that he had written her a note. Then, as she stared in total silence, this is what he wrote… “Hello my love, I know it’s been a year since I’ve been gone, I hope it hasn’t been too hard for you to overcome.”

“I know it must be lonely, and the pain is very real. For if it was the other way, I know how I would feel. The love we shared made everything so beautiful in life. I loved you more than words can say, you were the perfect wife.”

“You were my friend and lover, you fulfilled my every need. I know it’s only been a year, but please try not to grieve. I want you to be happy, even when you shed your tears. That is why the roses will be sent to you for years.”

“When you get these roses, think of all the happiness, That we had together, and how both of us were blessed. I have always loved you and I know I always will. But, my love, you must go on, you have some living still.

“Please… try to find happiness, while living out your days. I know it is not easy, but I hope you find some ways. The roses will come every year, and they will only stop, When your door’s not answered, when the florist stops to knock.”

“He will come five times that day, in case you have gone out. But after his last visit, he will know without a doubt, To take the roses to the place, where I’ve instructed him, And place the roses where we are, together once again.”

“Roses for Rose” by James A. Kisner

I have a unique and very special place

It’s where I always want to be.
Its nice and warm and satisfying;
I can relax there and just be me.

 Sometimes my special place comes to me

And sometimes I will go to it.
I am comfortable when I am lying down
and also when I sit.

Each day I look forward to my special place,
And I want to be there all the time.
But I know that it’s not always possible
so I treasure the moments when this place is mine.

Have you worked out my special place?
From my description, how could you not know?
Its in your company is my unique and special place
That’s where I am complete and blissfully aglow.

Only you can be my unique my special place,
a striking girl filled with beauty, grace, and charm.
Up against your chest and close to your heart,

That is my special place, my favourite place

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The clock of life is wound but once,
And no man has the power
To tell just when the hands will stop
At late or early hour.

To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed,
To lose one’s health is more,
To lose one’s soul is such a loss
That no man can restore.

The present only is our own,
So Live, Love, toil with a will –
Place no faith in ‘Tomorrow’ –
For the clock may then be still.

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It is another morning

So sad without my spouse

I’m now just awaking

Here at this house

Up I get with this empty chest

I go to the bathroom for a wash

Then time to get dressed

Do some work to get some dosh

I’m alone with a thought

Sometimes I have cried

Thinking of battles I’ve fought

With my wife at my side

She should have more praise

As I look back over this year

She is much stronger these days

As she’s conquered her fear

A beautiful young girl

With heart so strong and pure

She gave me a whirl

With her I feel so secure

She has stood by my side

Through both thick and thin

When with her I am full of pride

I have a warm glow from within

She is so great no one can deny

Over the time I have worked long

She is always there with hardly a sigh

My love for my wife it is so strong.

When we met our hearts became one

Day after day we toiled along

When we met my life had begun

With my wife is where I belong.

Each day is special we both agree

And very soon each day has past

Our times together so precious to me

Not for long do they seem to last.

Are souls they are entwined

On earth from heaven above

Our life down here combined

What it means to have her love.

She is a mother, a wife

A woman that’s so strong

She has spent all her life

To make us all feel we belong.

I doubt I could ever repay

This gift of her life

What more could I say

I love my wife.

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He glances in the living room and sees her sitting there,
She’s reading something as she runs her fingers through her hair.
Her legs are curled upon the sofa and she looks so sweet,
She still maintains her high school figure and is so petite. 

 Twenty years  they’ve been together and she looks the same,
As beautiful as ever and she keeps it very plain.
She has a natural beauty and has such a lovely skin,
Her eyes are deep and lovely and her nose so sleek and thin. 

He leans against the hallway door and just observes the sight,
Everything about his love is beautiful and right.
Her hair is long and flowing with a little bit of curl,
She keeps it long and has since she was just a little girl. 

She flips the pages of the book and turns her head so slight,
She still has on the nightie that she wore to bed last night.
She pulls the bottom of the gown to cover both her feet,
And as he watches her, his eyes drink in the visual treat. 

To him she is so beautiful he just stands there and stares,
She always takes his breath away no matter what she wears.
He’s never loved another woman as he does love her,
And no one can compare to how she makes his feelings stir. 

She turns another page and then she slowly flips her hair,
And as she does she sees that he is smiling, standing there.
She lays the little book beside her and she starts to grin,
“Why are you just standing there and how long has it been?”

 

He says, “I was just watching you because you look so sweet,”
And then she smiles and he can feel his heart just skip a beat.
He shakes his head and smiles at her and says, “I love you so,
And just the sight of you like this still turns me on you know.”

 

She gets up from the sofa and she slowly walks his way,
“You always say the sweetest things, you know just what to say.
You are the one who makes me feel so beautiful like this,”
And with her arms around his neck she says “give me a kiss.”

 

He kisses her and gently puts his hands around her waist,
And as he does he thinks about how sweet her kisses taste.
He’s never known another and he knows he never would,
Who makes him feel the way she does or even kissed this good.

 

A love like this that last so long is very rare indeed,
Love may last a lifetime but sometimes it’s out of need.
But love that keeps the passions burning keeps love in its prime,
So fan the flames of your true love and fan it all the time.

 

Love is like a roaring fire when it first begins,
Just add some logs along the way and then it never ends.
Keep adding them before you need them and it will get higher,
But if ignored will flicker out until there is no fire.

 

He pulls away and looks at her and much to his surprise,
She has little streams of water running from her eyes.
She said, “I get emotional when you do this you know,
I love you more than life my love.” and he whispers “ditto”