You Were My World

I cried for you long before you died

My pain over you, lies deep inside

Everywhere I go, I can no longer hide

Where to go? I can not decide

Time eases the pain that I hold

A story?  A tale? It’s fiction, I’m told

I once hoped to die before I’m old

But now? The very thought leaves me cold

Turn the clocks back to how it was before

To hear you turn the key in the door

To feel your footsteps on the floor

Your presence was here; it is no more

Stop the clocks, sit still in time

Hold my hand and I’ll feel fine

There is no reason, no rhyme

For you; I will always pine

You were my world; my dusk, my dawn

My sun bringing promise to the golden corn

You gave me life; with you I was born

Let the seed grow to a grassy lawn

© Andrea Coltman