The Weeping Willow

I sigh with my

        Broken up breaths

I would endure the pain

       Of a thousand deaths

Just to feel your head lay

    Yet again on my chest

But together is how we

     No longer rest

Your whispering voice

    Left behind a choice echo

Mind tempering words

  "Please never let go"

Can't destroy the world

     You helped me create

My love for you is something

     I could never duplicate

I pace the house

    Never thinking what I should

Contemplating some things

   That I never understood

Like insisting our blanket

   Always to be upside down

Or making me fluff your pilllow

  So you can just beat it down

Perhaps one day you could

  Answer my questions

Or at least drop a hint

   And a passive suggestion

Morning still has a view

   Of coffee in your favorite mug

And plenty of attention towards

  Your beloved obnoxious pug

That hair you made fun of

  Is turning more grey

In fact spotted more

    In my beard today

The books you held dear

   I now constantly read

And the flowers you planted

  Finally sprung from the seeds

At dawn your favorite candle

  Still dances in flame

And the shadows on the wall

   Plays along all the same

Clock strikes midnight

   Upside down blanket

Fluffy pillow

  Staring at my empty chest

As you now rest

     Underneath the weeping willow

Daniel

  J

Dabney

          And

               My

                 Fucked

                            Up

                              Mind

    July 3rd 2016