Beginning to Feel the End

In the beginning

We laughed a lot

Years of friendship

Titillating, chortling it didn’t stop

Giggling like little kids

Never quite sure why we were chuckling

Every sentence like a joke

Tickling, amusing, and yucking

It up

Now the laughter

Turns to tears

My friend, your illness

Embodied all our fears

In the end as I watch you

Whither away

What would I give for

One more day

Of laughter