Five minute warning
Life’s last moments
Played out slowly
Too slowly, only time
To think, reflect
On those we will leave behind
Memories once distant
Come flooding into focus
Childhood recollections
Mums loving arms holding you
Scenes of forgotten love
Fly into clear crystal view
Dad picking you up when you fall
Times we played bat and ball
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Life’s last moments
Played out slowly
Beautiful moments
Of life’s history
Days in the sun
A long hot summer
Playing soldiers with my brother
Tenacious tennis with a friend
Whose early death
I could never comprehend
Grandparents undying love
Looking after me from above
Childhood dreams
I thought would never end
Three minute warning
Life’s last moments
Played out slowly
A lifelong love revealed
In that first glance
I knew I believed
She was the one
A burning fire, a romance
No one could extinguish
Or replace the anguish
Of ever being apart
The strongest hurt
There will ever be
Knowing that you
Will remember me
by planting
Our favourite tree.
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Life’s last moments
Played out slowly
The first time
I held him in my arms
His innocent smile
The intense love
For the sweet son of mine
Taking him to the trains
Seeing his face light up
As steam filled the air
Giving a little prayer
That life would continue
Like this for ever
One minute warning
Life’s last moments
Played out slowly
A family complete
A beautiful girl
Full of life
A beautiful ballerina
A tough tackling midfielder
I couldn’t ask for more
Whatever paths we take
In our family
There will always be a bond
For eternity and beyond
No minute warning
Life’s last moments
Played out...