Hours fading into days, tears overflowing every dam,
Striving to understand why you are not here yet I still am.
Glimpses of your presence out of the corner of my eye.
Plunging back into some make work, with a low desparing sigh.

Cruel fate, giving you to me, and then taking you away.
Brothers, sisters, wives, and husbands ours for oh so short a day.
Sharing laughter, quarrels, love, and living life without a sigh.
Suddenly you're gone without a chance to even say goodbye.

No you are not with me now; but you were here yesterday.
I remember every moment of our lives, at work, at play.
And I laugh and cry once more, as I remember them again.
Every day memories hurting, then taking away more pain.

Oh how I listened with my heart; but I didn't hear you go.
I only heard the damp and cold winter wind begin to blow.
While my eyes still fill with tears, somehow I know although I grieve.
Only the physical is gone. From my heart you cannot leave.

~~~~ Daydreamer ~~~~