When the Time Comes

When the time comes

for stories and the tallest tales,

we’ll remember absent friends.

When the time comes

for saying farewell and rest in peace,

we’ll raise the first of many glasses.

When the time comes

and few are hale, but all are hearty,

the toasts will still be moving.

When the time comes

and we are the latest absent,

we’ll still be there in spirit.

For the time comes

for all of us, be it early or late,

and we will have made the most of it.