Love when you can, before you cannot

Love when you can, before you cannot

Have you ever been to that edge?
Seen your whole life
Lying in a hospital bed?

When everything goes blurry
Involuntary tears making all misty
Living in that moment
Feeling priorities shift
Waiting for the tension
To somehow lift

Reality dawns
Precious life
Invaluable love
Irreplaceable

Restraining emotion
Encouraging words
Managing ‘the chat’
Managing ‘the smile’

Standing on that edge
Holding back the swell
To choke out:
Get Well.

Leaving to break down
In the corridor outside
Realising fragility
Realising love
Irreplaceable

Lists lose urgency
Life gains potency
When your whole life
Is lying in a hospital bed