Fragility of Life

Brought home to me again
Another friend leaving without saying goodbye.
In the confusion I try to remember their names.
As I cant fathom why?

"Roy" from next door the salt of the Earth,
He left alone to journey on,
Though remembered in all the things he shared.
Captured pieces he gave without care

"Jim" an engineer friend.
I see his work each day,
A gift of the Bounty made with the love of making.
It sits there as a tribute to his way.

"Stuart" who left just yesterday,
Freed from his wheelchair after 50 years,
Thrown from a horse in yesteryear
Though his loving wife will shed many tears.

Brothers three are all now gone
Time waits for no man as we journey on.
Sisters three join the journeys sway
We will all meet again I truthfully say.

Even Simon my Sisters child who we adored
Left us here as illness struck him down
At forty a life cut short by being ill.
We loved him still

Is it because I have grown old
Or that their departure was foretold
I wish someone would let me know
Before I myself will need to go.

Yenti