I Wish You Could Have Stayed

You were a fire Warming this icy world Your kind words pulled me from the dark. Everyone time your lips pulled into a smile My heart warmed a little more And life less awful for a while I wish you could have stayed. Young and full of life It wasn’t your time. There were too many who pointed at you and said “That girl, she’s mine.” You had dreams to pursue And chances to take Life had so much in store for you. I wish you could have stayed. There are times I spends hours Sometimes days Thinking of why it had to be you. Asking myself over and over Why that road? Why that lane? Why her? Why couldn’t you have stayed? The world is a strange place It breaks people And afterward Many are strong at the broken places. But I don’t feel strong I feel incomplete It all feels so wrong I’m suffocated with the pain of you. I wish you could have stayed. Although it hurts It’s better that you left This cruel world It would have given you many burdens And little joys I know you’re better off In a place with no stupid boys Or hopeless nights So even though it’ll always hurt I know that it was right That instead of staying you left.