How Can You Cope?

How do you cope?
Now that your life has been turned upside down
Told not long to live, yet you smile, not frown
Did life live up to your expectations?
Could there be anymore implications?

How do you cope?
Knowing your world has just been torn apart?
Now that the end is beginning to start
In the future she’ll have new relations
More decisions avoiding temptations

How do you cope?
Life slipping away no mountain to climb.
No use inquiring, there’s so little time
Time that can’t be stopped, or paused, nor left behind
There’s no solution, and that’s on your mind

How do you cope?
Sensing that your life is ebbing away
No doubt she has somewhere secure to stay
She’ll live on as the world won’t stop turning
Memories of you, she will be yearning

How do you cope?
Looking back at life fills you with sorrow
Dreaming about a fresh day tomorrow
Waiting for results of another test
Always smiling, and hoping for the best

How will she cope?
Without her mother being beside her?
Without her mothers hand there to guide her?
We'll tell her the truth, she'll be enlightened
She'll be looked after, so don't be frightened

How do we cope?
An empty bed in a cold and dark room
A fragile flower, no longer in bloom
A loving mother cut down in her prime
Emotional scars may be healed by time

I penned this verse for my niece, who has just lost her battle with cancer, she was only 32, but now she is gone. She was a bridesmaid at my wedding, she will be missed dearly. I hope that she will be looked after in the after-life ( if it exists) and she is now free from the pain. Good night Gillian xxx