But Time Can Never Erase You

 

 

Time might erase some things,

But it can’t erase everything.

It can’t ever erase your smile from my heart

Or the joy that once

You brought into my life,

The dance that you put in my steps

And the twinkle you put in my eyes.

 

Time may erase some things,

But it can’t erase the memory of you

From my mind.

I may grow old and grey, wrinkled and lame,

Or I might die while still very young,

But time won’t erase your face

Etched into my heart.

 

Time may erase some things,

But it can never erase

The love that I had for you.

And I know that I never loved you

As well as I have learned to love another,

But it was you who taught me

More about love and to love more.

 

It was you who taught me

What it looks like to fight and fight hard,

To not give up,

And to laugh when life brings pain.

You taught me life is too short

To not love, so I slowly learn to love

Yet fail again and again.

 

Time might erase some things,

But it will never erase you

And the beautiful gift you were to me

If only for such a short time.

But you taught me that too,

That not all gifts are here to stay,

But all of them belong to my King.

 

 

 

*A poem written in loving memory of my brother, Micah, who died 12 years ago today.