11 days to say goodbye

As you lay there dying
And looked up and said
Your last words to me
I had no way of knowing
Eleven days could change
My life forever
I hear you say
"Oh how pretty"
Over and over
Not knowing then that
Would be the last thing
You say to me in this life
Yet those three words
Explain how you lived
Every day of your life
How you saw the beauty
In others
And even saw something
In me that made you
Want to share your life
With someone who was
Not smart enough to
Appreciate the gift you
Gave him
Each day I live
I know I am closer
To dying and closer
To once again be by
Your side
And I thank God
For those last 11 days
And all of the beauty
You are still
Teaching me to see