Missing
Walking around the graveyard
Untaggling his hands from the pocket in his jacket
its clear in his head that he's screaming for something
that something is missing within his heart
Taking off his hat as he sits it on her grave
Pulling out a piece of paper
The death certificate that her name was signed on
a tear falling from his cheek
he reaches down to pick up the flower he laid there before
crumples at his touch
sitting down the piece of paper
he asked her
how can i love?
when the one i want is not here?
tears fall from his eyes unto the paper
he lights a candle
sits it by her tombstone
He lays down beside her
listening to the wind
hoping to hear her voice
something he longed for
something that he was missing
he falls asleep
holding the stem of the rose that crumpled before
The pedals fly away with the wind
and the flame of the candle burns out
the rain starts to fall
He lays with his eyes closed
He goes back in time
The rose pedals fall back unto the stem
The paper flies back into his pocket
He walks back into town
Back into the house he was at before
Back at her funeral
to the hospital they were at
When they found out she had cancer
To the church where they got married
To the time when he asked her to marry him
Finally to the place where they met
There story replays again in his mind
he lays cold on the ground beside her
The wind dies down
and the candle starts burning again
Copyright © Orlin Collier | Year Posted 2012
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