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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

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