FOR MY PRECIOUS

I never stopped seeing her,

Even as she lay there, eyes shut & motionless

The beauty in her eyes continued to shine but more brighter,

Blinding me of all that now was-

Nothing

According to the world and its meanings,

She was no longer

But to me she continued to be my “everything"

I was living in memory then as I am now, and

All I heard was our voices singing

All I saw was her silhouette brimming

All I felt was love, living

And as she lay there in the presence of sounds and cries

Some genuine & mostly happening because of the new ending

Some were sounds sounding off walls about her ending

And I stood there and all I saw was love

I wanted time alone with her, but of course could not get such

I wanted a moment to whisper to her one last time

And hold her, but that was out of line

All I did was look for a maximum of a couple of minutes

Cramming together a whole lifetime between siblings

Then I had to walk away and continue to live while my heart lay there,

Together with hers

But I never stopped seeing her,

And I never stopped hearing her

I never stopped speaking to her

I never stopped…

I continued with life but my garden lay bare

And with each day and night that passes

And I feel I might,

I remember that I’m alive because of her heart

It continues through me

And I don’t stop, I just continue to

 

FOR MY SISTER WHOSE LOVE STILL LIVES TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THE WORLD SAYS SHE DIED A DECADE AGO.