Love Lives On

A fire no longer glows bright,

A bird that suddenly takes flight.

An ocean switches from calm to wild,

A torrent of wind you once thought was mild.

A sturdy tree torn down in a storm,

Love suddenly changes form.

Once beautiful, and there

Now gone forever, who knows where.

When they leave, so does the love,

That you never before really thought of.

But when it’s gone, you finally appreciate,

The gift you had, but now it’s too late.

There’s no more time, to say how you feel,

You never said you loved them, never made it real.

Now they are where you can’t reach,

And yourself you must beseech.

To forgive yourself is a difficult task,

For ourselves we blame, ourselves we ask.

How we could let things get this way,

How we could forget the most important thing to say,

How we could take for granted the most important thing,

Compared to it, all else is a trifling.

But I guess some way they must know,

Even though they’re gone, we love them so.

Forever they have a place in our hearts,

Forever without them it will be broken in parts.

They may be gone, but still be here

Holding us, every time we shed a tear.

Loving us forever more,

Nothing else must we implore.