Sacred Water

it's been said, it only takes one ghost to haunt you

and a single moments pain to feel lost

forever is a path you have to go through

and a lifetime for two hearts to intercross

there is an emptiness inside that can't be mended

where a memory can linger in despair

your absence has caused time to be suspended

living isn't life without you there

I struggle to find joy in what we cherished

guilt and loneliness have masked it all in gray

like a tree that's fallen alone in the forest

the colors felled and swiftly washed away

some days it's all I can do to keep breathing

some days the clouds have swallowed up the sun

some days it seems I might be finished grieving

and other days it seems it's just begun

I wander to the well of sacred waters

where the under current sweeps away my tears

a place of peace that comforts weary travelers

and listen for your voice with heaven's ears