Haunted


How can I ever make it through
     Another night alone?
Since you've been gone I've been here
     Surviving on my own.

The memories still haunt my dreams
     Your face I can't forget
I'll never hear you laugh again:
     Your laughter echoes in my head.

I try to watch a movie
     To try to dull the ache,
But the actress brings you back to mind:
     Watching was a sad mistake.

Ten years gone by since last I saw
     Your gentle, smiling face
Ten years my pain has gone unchecked
     By your charm and your grace.

I cannot run, I cannot hide
     From the sorrow that I bear
It travels with me everywhere
     I turn, and it is there.

Your memory colors everything
     I see with my sad eyes
Your voice I hear upon the wind
     Your tears fall from the stormy skies.

I know you'd want me to be happy,
     To set my grief aside
But all the happiness I had
     Forsook me when you died. . .