In Memory

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I miss you, with desperation –

I didn’t have enough time,

With you.

Everything to me, my world,

My heaven, my dreams –

Were all wrapped up in you.

The world was bliss –

Calm, serene, filled with happiness,

Smiles, laughter –

And an intensity, passion so deep –

Screams often escaped my lips. In joy!

It was a beautiful dream –

My time with you.

Life-changing, eye-opening –

As you shoveled the weight of the world

Off my shoulders.

You took my fears and crushed them

Into sand… to be gone as the hour passed

Through the hourglass.

My defenses dropped, open to love –

As if it were the first time.

Truth had meaning.

Life held joy,

For the first time in over 40 years –

I smiled. My heart soared.

Then the day came –

When the earth shattered