I’m sitting with a photo of you in my hands;
Cracks litter the murky glass.
Minutes or hours pass,
I’m still clutching the worn, gold frame;
Hugging it to my chest,
Forgetting the rest.
Every breath rattles through my lungs
And the tears in my eyes
I thoroughly despise.
I force them back, they will not fall.
You’ve taken all I had,
Driven me mad.
Now the smallest thing overwhelms me;
The darkness encroaching,
Insanity approaching.
Our house no longer feels like home;
There is no welcome,
Peace is seldom.
Please don’t stay in my memory forever.
I don’t want to remember
That fateful September.
Yes, I loved you, but you’re gone,
I need this closure.
Tell me it’s over.
Yet my pleas cannot be heard by you:
I guess this is fate,
I’m always late.
My empty chuckles fill up the room;
Silence surrounds me,
Echoes confound me.
I never told you how much I cared,
I hope that you knew
My love only grew.
Each day I’d awake with a smile on my face
Because you were mine,
Life looked so fine.
I’d ruffle your hair and you’d laugh at me,
And there was never a never.
You promised “forever”.
Well where is my happy ending now?
I believed that we’d stay
Forever that way.
What am I supposed to do with myself?
I’m sick of slowly dying,
I’ve given up trying.
There is nothing in me that doesn’t ache.
The emptiness confuses me,
Your absence abuses me.
I trace the outline of you in the photo,
Wishing you could be here,
That life wasn’t so severe.
I run my fingers across your face;
Such a beautiful creature.
Your angelic features;
Your ebony eyes, your mahogany hair,
Your pretty, perfect pout,
I couldn’t live without.
You never believed in love at first sight,
But with how you made me feel
I could tell it was real.
Did you never notice how speechless I was?
It was like a romantic cliché,
Took my breath away.
When you looked at me I blushed without fail.
You gave me butterflies,
So hard to disguise.
I would stutter and stumble on all my words;
Even throughout my sarcastic remarks
There were awkward sparks.
When I eventually told you how I really felt,
So scared of being let down,
You smiled at my frown,
Held me close and laughed a little.
I wanted everything to stay
Forever that way.
But life is so cruel and time moves so fast.
Left with nothing but memories,
My mind ill at ease.
And I can’t dwell on the tranquil times;
They’re tarnished, faded,
Memory’s jaded.
When I recall the warmth of your hand in mine
My knees start to shake,
My bottom lip quakes.
Tears are swelling, only a matter of time
‘Till they course down my cheeks,
For the next few weeks.
But I’ll dry my eyes, set my mind straight,
Pretend that I’m strong again,
For one day, and then
I’ll be back to sobbing over this picture.
Like when we were first parted
And all of this started.
Who could see this coming? Tell me.
Because I never knew
I’d lose you.
My heart doesn’t even beat anymore,
Just makes a dull throb
With every sob.
I’m searching every cloud for a hint of silver lining.
Tell me there’s a cure for this sorrow,
That there’s no tomorrow,
Tell me that I don’t have to live like this,
That it’s all just a dream,
Not as it seems,
That breathing gets easier after a while,
That time will heal this wound,
As if I’m cocooned,
And I can become something beautiful.
In just a little while longer,
I’ll emerge stronger
As the sun breaks through the storm clouds above.
And I won’t have to stay
Forever this way.
♥