Night time descending

Night time descending

Reminds me that you may be

Taken from me at any moment

And I have looked death hard in the eye

Before

Knowing there was

At the final hour

No other way than to accept

What was passing

After all the years of battling with

Far earlier losses I could not

Yet reconcile

So now when we speak

Of how much you worry

Or other reasons cancer may have come

Again

I must just remember to nourish

And be grateful for

This poignant present moment

Let me look deeply into your eyes

Let me listen as tenderly as I can

To your heart

Let me remember that at any moment

All of this could be taken

And so we must open our arms wide

To embrace it

As fully as we can

Before the light disappears

And night time

Again

Descends