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Gray stone...and flowers,
sunshine and silence--
and you, gone from this earth...
how can I ever breathe again?

You-such a lively, glowing being,
surrounded always in a blaze of love...
Days will never flow so easy again,
and I will never let your memory slide-
only hold you so close to my heart,
and whisper how life could have been.

And now, I sit and feel the guilt-
all the things I held in,
despite all the things I actually said--
too much I never told you,
too little I ever showed you...
and it's too late,
I will never be able 
to stroke your hair in soft moonlight
or hear your laughter spin lightly 
through the breeze.

For you...you're so very gone,
and I may only hang my head 
with an extreme sadness and shame-
you deserved so much more 
than what I gave...
I sit with hands to face-
tell me this isn't so,
tell me you aren't gone...
I fear that I will never be me again,
not without you.

You were my light,
my sharer in new dreams and hopes-
and we built so many...
smiled welcoming to future days-
nights when I could hold you,
when time would stand still for us--
and our hearts would lie open for each to see.

But now, you're gone...
and the breath is gone from my lungs--
and I can't see, and I can't hear...
and I don't want to.
Because without you,
I don't want anything.

I don't want anything.
Birth sign: Not entered
Date created: 1998-07-07 08:50:10
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:40:24
Poem ID: 50092

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