Love You to Death

I cried myself to sleep last night,

Cried until it hurt.

I kept cutting myself

Until the cuts burnt.

 

How could I ever forget you

Or the love that we had?

How could I once have been so happy

And now be so sad?

 

I still love you, Baby,

And that’s a fact.

Don’t you remember we said we’d be forever –

We made a solemn pact.

 

But now you’re gone

And all I’m left with is a whisper.

How could you run off

With my very own sister?

 

I forgive you, my Sweet,

Just as I always did.

I’ve seen through every lie,

Even your “tiny white fib”.

 

Now as I sit beside your bed,

Watching you sleep,

I pray for God

Your soul to keep.

 

And now for the final time,

My fingers through your hair I’ll trace,

Then with gentle yet brutal force

I’ll place the pillow over your face.

 

As your struggle ends,

It gives way to stillness.

I whisper and smile,

Completely guiltless:

 

“I will always love you

Until your last breath.

I love you, my Angel,

I love you to death.”

 

 

Copyright©JosieWentzel15May2007

 

Reviews

[a Messenger]

Beautifully written.
Rhythm, rhyme, flow, all perfect.
You are one of the best my friend.