Where Have
You Gone?
I
remember those care free days,
The
girlish happy smile,
The
days of high school,
Where
only our love mattered.
The
bus rides to the games and back,
Trips
to the river bridge where our thoughts were one,
The
nights filled of passion in the truck,
The
moonlight dancing off our sweat covered bodies,
Where
have you gone?
Our
paths parted in a sea of tears,
The
hurt, the pain of the past,
Always
just under the surface,
A
flash of sunlight, a familiar smile met with pain and hostility.
The
smile vanishes, the pain and hurt boil up,
Yet
the feelings of love never lost just suppressed,
Where
have you gone?
A
trip to Tulsa,
A
business card in a mailbox,
A
phone call two weeks later and the past awakens,
The
smile, the pain, the hurt, the memories;
pour
in like a raging river out of its' banks.
Is
it worth the chance?
Is
it worth opening the heart again?
Is
it worth another trip to the unknown?
Where
have you gone?
The
smile is the same,
The
feelings of love spring up,
The
past is forgotten,
The
present and future are all that matter,
Or
is it?
Where
have you gone?
Seven
months of life together,
We
laugh, we cry, we love,and we kiss,
Chasing
children, sharing their lives,
Strawberry
shake in the face,
Movies
from a Galaxy long ago,
Steaks,
chicken and seasonings,
grilled
to perfection with love,
A
snowball fight,
A
walk in the white soft flakes,
A
pause on the sidewalk,
We
embrace, kiss long and deep
letting
our bodies provide the warmth.
Where
have you gone?
The
diagnosis, it's back.
Consoling
the daughters,
A
call to the parents,
A
call to the EMT'S,
The
present and the future are slipping away.
Where
have you gone?
The
final hours of life,
Only
the sounds of deep painful breathing.
The
halls are silent,
Nothing
but thoughts for thirty years circle.
The
end is closing in,
The
cancer is tracking its' deadly course.
Where
have you gone?
A
warm hand rubs a chest going cold,
The
breathing has stopped.
The
pain is flowing out of her face.
The
Doctor comes in,
The
verdict is quiet with compassion,
I'm
so sorry, she's gone.
Where
have you gone?
Life
has come to a stop,
There
is nothing that matters anymore.
A
never forgotten love has been taken in the prime of life,
A
bench in a cemetery with no one else around.
The
tears pour uncontrollably,
We
cry, “Where have you gone?”
A
voice, soft and tender floats down,
“I'm
fine.”
“Where
have I gone?”
“Where
there is no pain, no sadness.
A
place where the cancer has healed.
A
place where mistakes of the past have been forgiven,
A
place where I can look down to watch and help.
A
place where only love resides,
The
place?
"Heaven,
that is where I have gone.”
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