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You Have A Permanent Place In My Heart. Forever.

By Cathy Chester on November 18, 2014

love the MS community that I speak to each day for their strength, courage and unconditional commitment to support one another. They have taught me so much. Our bond has become stronger lately as we deal with the most serious of issues, more than I can say. The only way I know how to process the hand that's been dealt is through writing, so I wrote this piece of poetry for myself. I now share it with you. 

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Time is fleeting.

In a mind's eye I clearly see myself swimming back,
back upstream when the change of seasons was seamless,
the hours in a day were long,
and loved ones seemed immortal.

Skipping rope and slumber parties,
quickly changed,
when I gently closed my eyes, then opened them,
to see a new pink Princess phone,
bell bottomed jeans,
and books about teenage angst.

Days flow into years,
and years swiftly pass.
I try hard to hold on to the light,
to the peaceful places I love,
and the love and warmth that envelops me,
but still the night calls.

Time is transient,
and life is momentary.

So I close my eyes less,
to make each day longer,
and linger over every second,
as if it were my last.

I cherish the now,
Of you, of me and of us,
until we must say good-bye.

You have a permanent place in my heart.

Forever.

Author

Cathy Chester

Comments

  1. Cathy, thank you so much for this. The concept of "a permanent place in my heart" is both beautiful and powerful. And it brings such hope.

  2. Your words are beautiful. We travel with you to an easier place and time, and find that love was with us and still surrounds us.

  3. Such beautiful words, Cathy, filled with both sadness and hope. Your gifts to the MS community -- and to the community as a whole -- are suffused with your giving and generous spirit. Love to you.

  4. Cathy, This poem is very moving and beautiful. I especially liked the lines: So I close my eyes less to make every day longer, and linger over every second as if it were my last.

    It's certainly how I feel navigating my fifties... The horizon doesn't seem as limitless as it did when I was younger, so I want to really savor and appreciate what's left.

    Thanks for a lovely piece!

  5. I wrote a post about cherishing time as well. Days do flow into years...we all need to remember that each day we wake up and remember our blessings.

  6. I loved this piece but I loved a comment you made above even more • writing slows down the now and is cathartic.... What a spectacular statement about how you approach challenges and makes me appreciate you even more...if that was even possible.... Thank you for the inspiration!!!!

  7. So beautiful, Cathy, and such a powerful reminder of how precious and fleeting every moment is. All we can do is "cherish the now." I hope your words are as comforting to you as they are to all of us.

  8. i think that you more than a lot of people know that it's not so much the years in your life as the life in those years. This poem captured that perfectly. It really is beautiful.

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