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