~The Weeping Willow~

I sigh with my

Broken up breaths

I would endure the pain

Of a thousand deaths

Just to feel your head lay

Yet again on my chest

But together is how we

No longer rest

Your whispering voice

Left behind a choice echo

Mind tempering words

"Please never let go"

Can't destroy the world

You helped me create

My love for you is something

I could never duplicate

I pace the house

Never thinking what I should

Contemplating some things

That I never understood

Like insisting our blanket

Always to be upside down

Or making me fluff your pilllow

So you can just beat it down

Perhaps one day you could

Answer my questions

Or at least drop a hint

And a passive suggestion

Morning still has a view

Of coffee in your favorite mug

And plenty of attention towards

Your beloved obnoxious pug

That hair you made fun of

Is turning more grey

In fact spotted more

In my beard today

The books you held dear

I now constantly read

And the flowers you planted

Finally sprung from the seeds

At dawn your favorite candle

Still dances in flame

And the shadows on the wall

Plays along all the same

Clock strikes midnight

Upside down blanket

Fluffy pillow

Staring at my empty chest

As you now rest

Underneath the weeping willow

Daniel

J

Dabney