#46 - Alive

The waning sun[br_tc] From my parents backyard.[br_tc] The days come and go,[br_tc] Our time together, too short.[br_tc] Mum’s cooking, an old movie,[br_tc] Stories from the past,[br_tc] An afternoon nap.[br_tc] In the sunset years of their lives,[br_tc] With fragile bodies yet sparkling eyes,[br_tc] The fire in them still alive.[br_tc] I wonder how life will be,[br_tc] When the sun starts setting,[br_tc] For me…