Borrowed Time

Birthday cake, ten candles burn
Still so young, so much to learn
He missed school again today,
Has anyone noticed he's away?

Kids outside, play in the sun
Running, laughing, having fun
He watches through the window pane
One hand on glass, one holds a cane

One week the doctors said he had
Kidney failure, the news is bad
But Mother's organs are a match
O.R. is booked, surgeons dispatch

The operation's fairly swift
An extra month, a blessed gift
Although his life is almost gone
The mask he wares is brave and strong

One last movie, one last game,
Days in hospital, always the same
One last chance to say goodbye
He knows his spirit, soon will fly

Parents weeping by his side
Pain so intense, they cannot hide
Unfair, the loss of one so young,
A child who's life had just begun

Pallid, weak, and close to death
He whispers with his dying breath
'Mother, father, you will be fine,
Thank you for this borrowed time'