ONE YEAR AT A TIME

I never meant to catch up to you! 
Though I said it when I was young 
But little kids say a lot of things 
When they don't know what they mean 

Two years was all the difference 
Between a younger and older brother 
To make me think you hung the moon 
And forever be in your shadow 

Now I'm seventy one and your still 58 
How can that be, what I have seen without you 
The times I turn to say, 
The times, the times I long to share 

As time passes, so do I 
Friends and family, 
In a race that cost so much to win 
The only winning is the memories 
and the finish is my end 

Oh if we only could have run this together.  
Crossing the line arm and arm 
I carry you with me of that no doubt 
but I still long to touch your face 

You are where you are to be 
and I remain in my place, 
You have won, and I still run 
Wait, wait for I am coming  

One year at a time