Find the time
To write down
Your thoughts
Before memories disperse
Before trembling fingers
Can not hold a pen
Remind yourself where are you from
Where you began walking on this earth
Who are the people you love
Have loved
In your lifetime
Is there a light
In their souls
Is there a depth of compassion
In their eyes
Tenderness in their touch
Remind them
To hold fallen leaves in their hands
Find beauty in them
Like I have
Have they ever given thanks
For every living breath
In time when your vision fades
Will they describe in detail
Colours of the sky
Take you to an open field and wait
For rain to fall
Once more
Wait for the sun
To warm your bones
Find the time to tell them
How much you love them
Before memories disperse
Before trembling fingers
Can no longer hold the pen
And your voice meets the silence
(C) Dinka Bednjacic, 2018