She Went Away

She went away,

Caressing my life

With her warm breath.

The lake of my heart

Still rippled to the smooth pebbles

She had thrown in it.

Her ocean blue eyes

Still danced in front of me.

A shove on my shoulder and

Reality dawned on me,

Throwing me in an incessant

Abyss of dark despair.

The grief was too crushing

For tears to fall.

The pain seeped down to my core

Never again would she return,

To protect me from demons.

Never again would

My life be the same.

I stared at the

Withered body of my mother

As it was lowered into her grave.

I wanted to forget everything,

To hug her tight and wake her up.

Instead I let her go,

And she went away.