I wake some nights and with trepidation,
Feel your presence next to me.
Your quiet breath and its duration
Reminds me how I care for thee.
Many years have I taken for granted,
That we would always be together.
But now reality must be implanted
That life does not go on forever.
Am I selfish to have aspirations
That my departure will precede yours?
Life without you an aberration,
A mass of land without its shores.
The best way to get over such as this,
A matter not in our control;
Such thoughts with speed dismiss
And take each day as it unfolds
Let us enjoy what time we have left,
Take all that life has to offer.
We will not consider being bereft
Nor wonder what’s yet to proffer.