Fond Memories That Are Not True
Don't want to leave you now
Last night I cried myself to sleep
Counted over a thousand sheep
But still i could not sleep
More than ever I still don't want to leave you now
But i have finally realized
Its no longer up to me
So let us rather spend what little time I still have left
As best as we can so neither of us regret
Or leave a single thing unsaid
If there is anything you ever wanted to ask
Or get off your chest
Better ask me now
For I have no more tear's to cry
Before I Die
I don't want to but i have to come to terms with this
Before my diagnosis nothing seemed precious
What a fool I was to myself
I thought I would live forever
But now i know better
So many regret's
But when I look into your eyes
It all makes sense
I should have spent all of my time
Being thankful you were mine
Instead of on things I can no longer remember
Or now seem irrelevant
I wish I never said no when I could yes
I wish I would have cared more
I wish I never ignored
A single second that I though never mattered
Life is wasted on the living
Until the reaper comes calling
And all you have left is to look back
And will never get back
How is it i love you more ?
Now than before ?
I am the same person as before
You know the 1 you used to ignore
Or never had time for
But all is forgiven
The dead will always be looked on
More favorable then when they were living
All there faults are put to 1 side
We only seem to recall the good things
And more than anything
We sit and wish they were here with us now
And forget all about how
Why we never cared that much when they were alive
Only good memories of the dead survive
So we can justify the fact
We never acknowledged them when they were still alive
Copyright © Christopher Flaherty | Year Posted 2018
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