A Family Gathering

Tonight it is quality time, a family gathering; Cousins running playfully, but you are missing, To me the "you" is the most precious of all, I reach for my phone, but you I can't even call! My daughter, in a graveyard you lay, I don't want to participate, I just wish I could watch you play! It pleases me to see that everyone is having fun; My wife laughing at the dance moves of my son. Alone I am trying to carry this burden A cross I'm carrying since the closing of your curtain. I was always the introvert, but since you gone I am even more quiet. You constantly on my mind; missing you makes me so tired. The family's love fills the room, but my life feel so much colder, I just realized I might be 34 in years, but in life I'm so much older!