More poems by awkward silence

Love Verses Sickness

You held me through the difficult nights
I never thought I would be able to sleep, eat, or think,
ever again after losing the greatest love in existence
after cancer took my mother

You coaxed me through the days
hid the razors and ropes
and for a moment I forgot
that I'm supposed to be dead

You made me believe strange things
without using words
like there was an ocean of meaning
hidden deep within your dark blue eyes

Your lend me some of your color
each time you hold my hand
the dark circles under my eyes lighten
and my paling cheeks turn into rose

You told me everything
even that love might still exist
but our love wasn't strong enough to keep the cancer away
from taking away the last of the love in life
Poem by awkward silence