The Void

Closing my eyes, head bowed down
Weeping softly as the sun comes 'round
Paralyzed by memories of your smiling face
How do I cope in life's great race.

A part of my self, more than just a friend
Starting over again seems a really bad trend
Blinded with pain, I can still see the fire
Consuming me from your funeral pyre.

With you by my side my life was bright
Happy and cheerful, full of golden light
Without you around I'm drowned in sorrow
Pining for yesterday, dreading the morrow.

Shattered I was when you lost your soul
I lost you and am no longer a whole
You played a great role in my meager life
Through day and night, peace and strife.

An icy wind up my spine makes me shiver
As the dam bursts and releases the river
Tears rolling down, my face gets wet
As I think of the first time that we met.

I regret I never mentioned one single time
To my life you made a difference sublime
Though we're victims of nature's cruel game
Your memory will ever remain the same.

Sitting in the dark, mind drowned in thought
I wonder - how did I come to this sorry lot?
Don't know what will happen now
I suppose I must keep on somehow.

Your memories, images smother me again
Tormenting me, filling me with great pain
We were both together, like rain and cloud
Now loneliness wraps me like a dark shroud.

Wherever you have gone, wherever you dwell
I give you my prayers, I bid you farewell
My life was worth living when you were here
I will keep on, knowing you are still very near.