Just one more slice of quiet time
Can I help you with your shower?
Can I read another Country story?
Can I have just one more hour?
And then I’ll trim your fingernails
put powder on your feet
I’ll microwave a ripe banana
that you love so much to eat
Let’s go out for a little walk
and breathe some cool fresh air
Then perhaps a cup of coffee
and some popcorn if we dare
I took for granted all these times
and sometimes hurried through
Those little visits, one by one
when it was only me and you
If life just had a redo button
if I only had that power
I’d knock again upon your door
and I’d ask for one more hour
Oh, I promise I’d be present
wholly with you in the Now
I would listen to you from my heart
to the Love in you I’d bow
Instead I’m left with memories
that reappear each day
So many moments speak your name
I love you, Eleanor May
© Jeannie M Myers ~ 7-7-2012
