A filmstrip is all that is left

Frame to frame

Moments between us

 

We had the fortune

Of knowing that your life

Would be cut short

 

And we had the grace

To talk openly

About why and how it would end

 

We were no strangers to fear

As you walked closer

To the edge before it collapsed

 

The filmstrip is something I treasure

And think back to those precious moments

When we paused

 

Knowing our time was less than we wanted

And pain was sure to win

And you or I would say in that pause-

 

I’m taking a picture