Time

If was a surprise for I did not know It was heart and strokes the family history showed And I grew more and more tired thought it was age Then I could not come up with simple words I knew Ah a stroke but the emergency doctor was not sure So into a helicopter onto Stanford we flew MRI and the best doctor gave me an answer Seizures and malignant cancer I admit I could not fully comprehend I was so tired and the brain does defend Although it was the brain that had acquired this fiend But still though I knew my life would soon be careening Beyond anything I knew or would know Then surgery and radiation and chemo Would become a daily routine due to it's rareness Aware of a pending end and life’s unfairness Went by quickly because there just wasn’t time With all the work-- a mention of three years or five And then a few months of complete awareness Now I have a helper and my dogs and arthritis And the world suffered from that crazy virus So there just hasn’t been time And I am not listening for a bell to chime Instead after my vaccines now I am connecting Fully as much as possible with the summertime