James

Looking into your eyes as my fingertips trail across your skin. If I was ever more content, I surely don't know when. Your hair soft and smelling of jasmine, blonde curls brush your face. You roll over and wrap me in your arms, I feel at peace in your embrace. I open my eyes and I'm all alone. Your side of the bed, empty and cold. Tears threaten to spill over when I realize you're not here to hold. I want you here with me, Damn you for leaving my life in such haste. I miss your touch along my skin, your kiss so sweet, I still taste. Your eyes so dark blue they resemble a sapphire jewel. To think I could keep those treasures for myself, what a fool. I can't take back all those horrible things I did and said. There have been many days I've wished I'd have left you instead. I keep going over it all in my mind. And it just doesn't seem fair. A life stolen for drugs by an addict who didn't care. The fact that he is your brother was the worst of it all. I see just how far crack-cocaine can make a person fall. I'll never forget you and I'll love you until my very last breath. And as long as I live I'll never be over your death.