Never Forget

I kissed you goodbye, sixteen years ago today, I said "I love you", as you went on your way. How was I to know, you would never return to my embrace? Or that I would never again see, the smile on your face? You left that day, with a smile not a frown, Unbeknownst, our world would come tumbling down. The loss and pain, was purely second to none, When the knowledge hit me, that you had truly gone. The following days, months and years, passed by like a haze, I still feel on occasion, like I'm living in a daze. I miss you more today than yesterday, I'll miss you more tomorrow, My grief is my shadow, I cannot hide my sorrow. I will think of you and smile, I will endeavour not to cry, As the anniversary passes, of the day I bid you goodbye. For those who lost loved ones on September 11th 2001.