Poems From Inside Me

The End Or Not the End

Close Your Eyes and Imagine

When sunshine comes to greet me

Before I face my day

I think of all those I loved that I lost

And stop to contemplate and pray

There are many ways to lose someone

Of course the worst of them is death

But what about when you lose a friend

While you both still can draw breath?

I had a friend from younger days

He was just like a brother

But time and changes pulled us apart

He had been a friend to me like no other

We could sit and talk about cadets and such

From dusk right up until dawn

Then out would come the coffee

And we would talk on and on and on

I lost another friend a short while ago

Who I hadn’t seen in years

He was far too young for it to be his time

When I heard I held back tears

Cancer will get half of us

If we live long enough for it to take hold

Though I always had hoped that I would die

Doing something heroic and bold

Now I kind of wish that I can live long enough

To have a chance to say my piece

A new outlook changed my life so much

When my sister had my niece

What will wait for us on that other side

When life and breath finally leaves us

I’ve asked that question far and wide

Facing the end I think will take some guts

I have seen death occur a few times

It seems to be a new and peaceful dawn

I believe that Jesus paid the debt for our crimes

So at death we truly will move on

But I don’t want to dwell on dark things

Or remember when I lost my mom

I just want to sleep in and hear the birds sing

Here and today with the morning coming on

Leif Gregersen

May 16, 2014