A Life Lost
As I lay here in shrouds of white
You cry over me.
I feel your warm tears flood over me.
Or is that my blood,
My life,
Leaving my body?
You once breathed me life
And just as quickly
Took it away.
Don't apologize for what you've done to me.
It didn't have to be this way.
Don't tell me you still love me
It's too late for that now.
You had your chance
And you blew it.
For pride?
For selfish reasoning?
That's the burden you will have to carry.
I cannot help you now
Only haunt you with my memory.
Don't place me in a fancy coffin.
I am not deserving.
Instead, just throw me in the ground
Along with all the dirt.
This is how you left me.
I leave you to feel the hurt.
My memory will haunt you
In everything you do
To serve as a reminder
Of what I sacrificed for you!
I am not in a better place
That place was destroyed by you.
So as my life slips away
And you wonder why this happened
Always know it was simply because...
I LOVE YOU!
Heather McLaughlin 9/10/09