I close my eyes and a soft sigh escapes my lips

A peace settles over my being as I drift into the abyss

There is a bright light ahead…its peace is what I feel

Is this a dream I am having…or is this real

Memories of the past float into view

In this dreamlike state…I can see

All that I love float past…memories within

my heart and soul comfort me

Dad hugs me tight as I cry from a fall

“Don’t cry sweetheart, it isn’t bad at all.”

Mom rushes over to care for her little girl

Gently takes me in her arms, ”Shhh, all is

going to be fine, My little child. It will only

sting for a little while.”

Tender memories from days gone by

Inside I smile as the time flies as years

pass in review…memories of happy days

and sad ones too.

Like pages in a magazine I turn the pages

of time…bright colored pictures I see

before my eyes.

Music plays its soft lovely tune…I am getting

married…it is June.

A baby crying in my arms I sense…a boy

that was heaven sent…

Walking away from pain I can feel…

All I have gone through feels so unreal

Making new friends…a new life to start

Loving my child with all my heart

Days of trial and times of joy

Watching the magic of a growing

little boy. Special moments etched in time

rejoicing in the wonder of my son...

Time is flying...like blinks of your eye

Some make me smile…others make me sigh

So much that I have lived through

With my eyes shut…I can see my life

Happiness, joy…times of strife

Behind my eyelids a panorama of views

Colors vivid…like rainbows in the sky

Choices made…alternatives taken

Falling into melancholy... eyelids heavy

wanting to sleep…memories to be tossed

others to keep…

Now I lay me down to sleep……..