In The Blink Of An Eye

It seems like only a minute ago mum tucked me up in bed.
Spooned in the medicine and lightly kissed me on the head.

It seems like only a minute ago I took the bus to school.

Filled my pockets with acorns, behaving like a fool.

And was it just a minute ago I was standing in the church?

Making all my promises, preening on my perch.

Then just one minute later I hold three children in my arms.

Applauding their achievements extolling all their charms.

The minutes ticking by hardly make a sound.

My Mother and my Father safely wrapped up in the ground.

Just one minute more, a single minute left.

Only the blink of an eye is witness to the theft.

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