My heart is breaking, I cannot sleep

I know that time is slipping away.

My life is about to forever change

For she cannot with me stay.

Mom may not leave me tonight

Or even for another day,

But with each of her breathes

She goes farther away.

I want to hold her in my arms

And rock her as I would a child,

But she’s my sweet mother

And it would only make her smile.

Each moment we have left

I want to last for days on end

Laughing, talking, remembering;

Is there a way for time to bend?

To make each moment equal

The years of time we lost?

To crowd 57 years into a few more weeks

No matter what the cost?

I know that Our Lord is waiting

For His child to come home

And that with Him in Heaven

She will never be alone.

I just don’t want to let go right now,

I want to have more time with her.

I also know that that may not be

His plan, He also needs her

To fulfill a promise He made to her

When she asked Him into her life.

That all pain and suffering would end

And with Him she would have eternal life.

Please Lord, help me to accept

Your blessed will and calm the ache in my heart

Guide me to the peace of mind

That we must soon be apart.

©12/02 quihikat

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