A few years

What does it mean for you?
At best we might have a few months
... or a few years...
and for you as your life stretches
out before you.....
The time might be a brief moment....
like the match flaring
as you light your cancer stick

But for me the time with you is a glaring
floodlight that shines into the gathering
darkness of the end of days.
The intensity of feeling
sends my senses reeling
.... struggling to comprehend the importance
of interaction... and of connection.

Two souls that for a short time....
come together and intertwine
One soul will live on and the time will remain
a memory.... a pleasant interlude....
While the other soul will soon fade
and enter the next end phase
and this short time will be
the final candle glow
before the end of the show.

So be patient with an old fool
.... let me delight in your presence
and bask in your warmth
The day will soon come
when that old fool will be
but a distant memory for you....

But somewhere in the mists of eternity
an exhilarated soul will trumpet the praises
of the other souls that it touched
.... for a few years.

© Ian Croft April 2019