Waiting There

Waiting There © Ben Burton 1-09-2014 We spent forever seizing days At night we'd rest in sweet embrace Too soon, the years had slipped away Last Autumn brought our last goodbye I looked at her through tear-filled eyes She held my hand and somehow smiled And thanked me for the memories I nodded, but I couldn't speak She drifted toward infinity Without her here, I'm so much less There's pain within each hollow breath I hear my voice call out to death Prepared to fling myself below That fatal leap's my only hope Though not if it destroys my soul Yet, some say souls are merely myth That after death no trace exists But I could feel hers in her kiss In every word, expression, deed And when she died, I felt it leave That it be myth, I can't conceive I'll find a way to get through life Trust the Divine with my demise And think of her most of the time Remembering her face so fair Her tender touch and loving stare I trust we'll meet again out there Dear God, she must be waiting there