"Lifeline" by Kim Jackson 

AN: Inspired by my friends and the people around me, the song "100 Years" by 
Five For Fighting, and an angel... 

For there are memories that have no name, you don't know 
what to ask for 
when in the darkest night, you lie in bed alone and angels 
come to visit, 
granting you one moment in eternity to be relived 
in all its joy, 
that caused you inner light of hope and happiness to 
shine at its brightest. 

And while you travel back and forth within your 
own deep mind, 
some memories are flashing back, even long 
forgotten ones. 
It feels like travelling through space and time while being 
on an endless search 
for the one special moment in your life, the only one you 
want to live again. 

You start in childhood, long long gone, when you still had 
the privilege 
to be protected day by day, no danger, no darkness and no worry 
ever standing in your way 
Your innocent eyes unaware of any borders in this endless seeming 
world that was your paradise, 
your playground, bright and light, with no restraints or faults to crush 
your childish spirit. 

Then the period of joy, first love and kisses, and though illusions 
start to shatter, 
the world still seems to be a place with endless 
roads and skies, 
waiting for you to be discovered, as is your eventual place in 
life. 
You are an eagle, proud and free, no thought of ever settling down 
going through your mind. 

There comes the time when visions change and attitude begins to differ 
From the one you’ve known,
the moment when old friends and memories begin to vanish while replaced
by new experiences.
Time seems to blur in the shadows of the happenings, rushing 
Fast and faster,
mercilessly dragging you with on an endless road to a goal invisible
to any human’s heart.

And as the years pass by, not leaving you a chance to stop and take
A breath,
you become older, wiser, calmer, the once rebellious eagle flying low 
to finally settle down.
And while you chase the remaining time that’s left of life, you have to
Make decisions,
those which turn the road of life around and give it a new shape 
and new surroundings.

Suddenly you’re in your Forties, by your side a beloved soul 
and little children,
young persons who are now what you’ve once been, young, and innocent,
and free,
and while you watch them live and slowly grow, never wondering about
the evil in the world,
you start to remember the person, that you’ve once been, back then,
half a century ago.

"So tell us now," the angels say, still waiting for your answer, your
eventual decision,
and with a hopeful smile on your face, you thank the holy spirit 
for it’s grace.
Then you lay back down in bed, a wish remains an 
Eternally unspoken dream,
For there are no memories more precious than the moment
That you’re living in.

~ End ~ (finished April 25, 2006)