In the Absense of a Loved One

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Lifes so different now you've gone, it's left that gap,
The things we'd do each day, the way we'd chat.
It's like losing an arm or a leg. Somethings gone,
And left a void, that missing part, but my life still goes on.

I come back home after being out, close the door, put on the light,
And start to tell you what I've done, in a voice so bright,
Then, as silence is my only answer, I come back to the reality
That you are gone, I'm all alone, there's only me.

We had so many years of joy and laughter with of course some sorrow
Struggling on through thick and thin, there always was tomorrow.
A family brought us joy, as we shared our love together
Each one so different, but so loved, as they will be ever.

Their lives are their own now, each one in a different mould,
And we watched in pride, as we saw their lives unfold
Grand children came and gave us joy in the miracle of birth,
Reliving our own young days again, with so much fun and mirth.

Now you`ve gone, and left me all alone, I try so hard not to blame,
Lifes hard tricks, or to all around just moan and ever complain,
But to carry on as so many have done before , who share the pain,
of losing a loved one, and missing them, again and again and again.

My life goes on, the lonely nights so much worse than empty days,
No matter how much I try it`s hard to change the ways,
Of having you here beside me, but still somehow I feel and know
While I am missing you, You are watchinh over me, down here below..