Slipping Away
Even though it feels somehow
like you’re already slipping away
I have to remember to tell myself
how blessed I am for each day
I love the ways you try so hard
to see the smile I keep
making up for all the time
we lost while you’re asleep
Still each day I’m anxious
for the time I get you back
‘Cause once you lay down on the couch
you’re out in no time flat
I miss the talks and all the laughing
like when we first met
to feel this change so early on
I never would have bet
We didn’t get the time we need
to see the seed we’d sown
Still mine will be the greatest love
you ever will have known
And when that time still bound to come
when you should take your leave
leaving me in sadness
with an emptiness to grieve
It feels as though you’re preparing me
to survive that awful day
through the numbing days of loneliness
when I feel you slipping away
~Jeannie Cronin
Copyright © Jeannie Cronin | Year Posted 2022
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