“Grief”
I wish you were still real,
So that I could still feel.
I remember the sound of your voice,
And return my gaze to you,
The picture on the grave.
I wish you had been given a choice.

You were gone too soon.
Sometimes I still see you,
But when I open my eyes I only see the moon.
I can visit you in my dreams,
Though they don’t last.
I wish I could escape you,
And leave you in the past.

Dreaming was all I ever had,
Until I met you, my love.
You showed me the beauty of reality,
The chance of life.
You taught me how to be free,
Then death came for you,
Instead of me.

I’d prayed for him to take me many times,
In my fantasy death was kind.
But I was wrong,
Death is cold and I was blind.

It was only ever you who made me feel fine.
I thought he was my saviour, but he left me more broken than before,
I was left behind.
Why did he have to take your hand from mine?
© ForeverUnknown

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