Poems From Inside Me

Marching on and on

Cadence

I keep walking on and on

Though loved ones and friends are gone

I must never lose that stride

No matter who has died

All of us who are advanced in age

Will one day have to turn the page

From easy days among the love of family

To having to move on and let some go free

All I can say is love goes on

For the loved ones who are gone

Five years ago I lost my mother

And I fear that soon I will lose my brother

It takes a lot of talking, lot of time

To get yourself back into your prime

It doesn’t make any sense at first

When you are feeling at your worst

When you have lost loved ones so dear

And you will not bounce back you fear

But some day you will eventually realize

That you haven’t looked into their eyes

Or thought of them too much

Though you still feel their soul’s touch

I feel so lucky I still have

A brother, sister and a Dad

And a niece who’s only nine

And a woman who is a friend of mine

Without that love from those that I hold dear

I would not have made it through I fear

And so I keep walking on and on

Though loved ones and friends are gone

Leif Gregersen

July 1, 2014