Reflections of Love

I need to heal and fast, I can feel the time running out, all too soon. But can't push myself out of the agony, The threads of pain pull me back like a puppet.   I seem wrong to be grieving now, odd one! Everybody else is no longer black, Me, haven’t seen the sunlight for long; The mansion, its corridors, the rooms now my world.   The wound in my heart is still too fresh, It forbids me from a sunset on the beach, It forbids me from running or skipping, It forbids me from laughter and joy...   In denial: they say but it's not all true, I accept I know he is dead, He is no more But do I dump him in my past and move on? The thought makes me hate myself!   He would want you to smile again, live further.. Strangers tell me his likes and wants, the know-it-alls. I look straight ahead and avoid their prying eyes It’s a losing battle, I know but let me lose in grace...   Visitors keep pouring in, with flowers and tears. He was a man loved by many, the crowd proves it, Everybody seems shocked and pale but not as lost as me I glide along the windows, reliving the shadow of memories...   The moments were many, uncountable even, It crushes my soul to think, they are all I have, I see his fingerprints on the window panes, I search for mine too, just beside him they lay...   The garden is being watered, but by a strange hand The plants understand the master is now below them, He will never enjoy their colors or drive away moths His ashes and scent scattered around the mango tree..   I smile at the garden then burst out laughing, Before I know, warm tears run down my nose But there still lingers a smile, wet with glistening tears I am happy he lived, he lived full and more...