I’m All Right

I phone 

“ How are you?”

“ I’m all right, 

How's your family?”

There you go 

Onto someone else.

Even though

Pain wracks your body

“ I’m all right 

How are you?”

You never complained, 

Even near the end.

Wracked by pain, 

Short of breath

Unable to walk far, 

But still it was

“ How are you?” we ask

“ I’m all right 

How’s the family?”

Now you are gone 

I will miss your

“ I’m all right,  

How are you?”