Just Those Few Weeks

For those few weeks,
I had you to myself.
And that seems too short a time,
to be challenged so profoundly.
In those few weeks-
I came to know you.
And to love you.
You came to trust me with your life.
Oh, what a life I had planned for you!
Just those few weeks-
When I lost you,
I lost a lifetime of hopes,
plans, dreams, and aspirations......
A slice of my future simply vanished overnight.
Just those few weeks-
It wasn't enough to convince others
How special and important you were
How odd, a truly unique person has recently died
And no-one is mourning the passing.
Just a mere few weeks-
And no "normal" person would cry all night
Over a tiny, unfinished baby.
Or get depressed and withdraw day
after endless day. No-one would so why am I?
You were just those few weeks my little one
You darted in and out of my life too quickly.
But it seems that's all the time you needed
To make my life so much richer-
And give me a small glimpse of eternity.
  -Susan Erlin