You always come at night....
Sliding in the covers and flashing me a small smile...

"You okay baby?", you ask worriedly...
Eyes welling up I nod with a pained smile...feeling my heart crack slightly ..

"Everyone who enters my life always leaves", I brokenly say...
"It feels as if I'm tainted to be alone in some way"....

"Chin up love", you whisper ..."It always gets better at the end"...
"You left too.." I cry out softly..." You left me with my broken heart to tend"...

"I'm always here with you baby", you smile while leaning down to press your lips to my forehead....
As I close my eyes I remember the feel of cold hands...my gut wrenching cries...you lying there... dead..
I feel the cool air brushing my skin as I open my eyes to an empty bed instead...

I press my head to the empty space beside me and choke out "I love you...." and let the tears fall...
Let the loss and grief envelop me as I answer another ghostly call.....


© VArtemis