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