Mikey, I miss you more and more every day. I wish I could say more. But that's the truth, plain and simple. There's an ache in my heart that will never ever go away. And I still have this sense that it isn't real. That you'll be back. I wonder how long I'll feel like that before I finally give up? I wish you'd come back. But you had a purpose, and you fulfilled it, and your time is done. Simple as that. The pianos all still seem so empty without your fingers.

Submitted:May 24, 2011    Reads: 75    Comments: 5    Likes: 2   

My heart pounds as I answer the phone

Something is wrong

In my heart, I already know

And it rings true in her somber tone

“Faith, you’re not going to believe me

When I say this,”

I stand there, fresh-awake

And alone

Breathless, waiting for the impact

“But I’m not joking,”

And I know she isn’t

I wish she was

“Mikey died in a fire last night.”

And it’s these seven words

That turn my world upside-down

And shatter reality

I watch it fall in shards around me

Wet and red with blood

Cut fresh from my heart

 

It’s been three weeks

One hour

Twenty-five minutes

Since you left this world

A blink in eternity,

Yet in my heart

It’s been an eternity

Since I last saw you smile

Eons since that phone call

But I remember it all

That moment, her words, my heartbreak

Like it just happened

It will remain that clear in my memory

Until the day my heart stops beating

And my eyes no longer see

 

And just as this moment remains

So does your face, your smile

The resonating laugh

Engraved in my brain

When I am suffocating from pain

I can imagine your smile

Stretched wide on friendly cheeks

Sparkling green eyes

The look that lit up my weeks

I picture it clear as day

And the pain,

The pain; it fades away

 

 

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