Red Roses

Silence often communicates words that can't be spoken;

Silence, the only sound I hear while here I stand in the rain,

Teary-eyed while smelling these red roses, which I intend to

place on your grave.

The world around me exists only in the darkness of my heart,

A darkness that has remained since the spirits took you;

I know that you're still watching me from your new, peaceful

home in heaven above.

"At least she's out of pain now," everybody tells me;

They make me feel guilty that I should miss you so much, and

I wish you were still here with me.

I read your gravestone as the heavens above my head open,

Only the rain in my heart is heavier;

I never anticipated that I'd be alone, without you in this world

forever.

I lay these red roses down as thunder echoes around me,

Only, it's not thunder in the sky;

It's the sound of my heart which died with you the minute

I found out we were apart.

As I lay these red roses down on your grave,

I kiss your stone, but I don't say goodbye because that means

losing you forever.

As I lay these red roses down on your grave,

I know I have to let go, though the thought is too much to

think about.

As I lay these red roses on your grave;

I accept that you will never return to our world,

They say that grief gets better over time;

I will never see your smile,

Feel the tender touch of your hand;

or, hear your beautiful voice again.

As I lay these roses on your grave,

I must carry on without you,

Though things will never be the same,

And the sadness remains.

Written with love, for that beautiful best friend I lost a couple of years ago.

My life has not been the same without you.