here

when the sand in the hourglass runs out i will be here

when Mr Death croaks his last word i will be here.

when your immortal soul loses its grip on the last fragment of this world i will be here.

when you scream as your loved one plummets to their death i will be here

when the sun engulfs the earth and burns up the world i will be here

and i will burn with it

when new life bursts from your womb i will be here.

when they take their first wobbly steps i will be here.

when they speak their first nonsensical hardly audible word i will be here.

when they grow to become shapely youth i will be here

when they become entangled in the exhilaration of love and the bitterness of heartbreak i will be here

when new life bursts from their womb i will be here

and i will shine with it.