This Special Place

If I could bottle your kindness

and sell it in a store;

If everyone could have our friendship

they would never want for more…

Even through the toughest times

you stand right by my side…

Always offering me a hand to hold;

The kindness of a smile…

I feel I’ve known you forever

and share with you most things;

Each day that I have known you

means more than anything…

Always holding your hand in spirit,

knowing your warmth will guide my way…

When I cannot see clearly,

on the dark and scary days…

Sometimes I get so tired,

wonder why I fight so hard…

To continue to get sicker,

struggle harder to survive…

I face this enemy buoyed by an image 

of a special place I share with you…

Where my fears are heard and acknowledged;

Smiles and hugs in abundance too…

Thank you for always being here,

My life has been blessed by you

Thank you for the strength you offer me:

This friendship I share with you...

 © Leanne Demers 28 July, 2012

In The Blink Of An Eye

Moments turn into hours,

hours into days….

Then we find we’re looking back

on so many yesterday’s....

Day’s that we can never relive

because the time has passed us by;

Moments we should never forsake

or live at another time.

Soon that time will be gone forever,

just slipped out of your hands:

Life goes on and time runs out,

I hear you solemnly demand….

I hear the thoughts running through your head,

‘I’m scared of what you’re going through….’

Can you not imagine

that this fear, I suffer too?

Even though I face this

with a smile;

Kindly asking how you are

How can you not see that this fear

is just as real for you and I?

It breaks down a body already weakened

by the demands of a tireless foe….

I cannot fight forever,

this battle all alone….

Still, life does not stop for anyone

Although I wish it could be true;

Just a few seconds to pause it;

Please listen,

while I share my fear with you….

 © Leanne Demers 4^th June, 2012

My Brother

Sometimes it seems like yesterday

That you were here with me

When we shared each day together

Brother and sister, family

But then I recall the day in my memory

Twenty seven years ago

When I had to say goodbye to you

Forever let you go

I held your hand and told you I loved you

Just before you closed your eyes

That last moment we shared together

Before leukaemia stole your life

Every single day I miss you

My beautiful brother Glenn

So much I want to share with you

My very first best friend

Just to hold you tight and hug you

Tell you everything that’s new

Just to talk, or not at all

Maybe just to sit with you....

© Leanne Demers~ 17^th September, 2011

A Tireless Foe

Each day my mind wakens me

to fight another day

But my body aches, breathing hard

And this doesn’t go away

So, like a flu ravaging constantly

Pain not eased by any drug

You step up to fight this battle

With no protective armour on

Every strike on your body debilitating

But you fight with all you have

Giving up seems out of the question

Is this the strength I lack?

My mind like a beacon in the darkness

Fighting the terror I face each day

Physically, emotionally draining

This fight for life I face

When you battle each day against it,

Normality ripped from your grasp

Searching for that ‘healthy’ life

You had in the past

It breaks down your defences

When it’s just beyond your reach

Lying somewhere broken

That healthiness you seek

Today the fight seems endless

Exhausting to say the least

You wonder why you continue

To fight this inhuman beast

As it steals away the life you had

Makes you a useless human being

Having to rely on someone else

For almost every little thing

More frustrating than always being sick

Watching your dignity stolen away

All the things most people take for granted

Get harder for me each day

But I fight on regardless

I don’t know any other way....

  

© Leanne Demers ~ 1^st September, 2011