Black Beauty

For it was the day when loneliness seemed predestined
And despondency permeated the very air
When your boundless love
Managed to, for the first time, caress my hand

It was tender, wary, yet ensconced in an innocence
So deep, so filled with a self-aware humility
That broke my empty heart
And in it's place grew one that was whole, overbrimming with love
For You.

Friendship was too trifle a word,
Caring an understatement.
Love was what it extended beyond,
A transcendent bond like no other.

For no one could be as selfless as you.

You made me feel like I mattered, when the world turned its back to me.

A friend, more than that,
Family,
That's what you are.

For nothing can replace you ever,
For nothing can be made again,
In your likeness.

For anything made in your honour,
Pales dim in the radiance of your spirit.

I am DEVASTATED.

For not being at your side,
For not sharing your suffering,
As you did mine.

I wonder if you cried, I wonder if you prayed
To take the pain away.
I wonder as you laid
Who were you thinking about?
What you would have said.

It tears me apart to know that,
I never got a chance to say goodbye.
To look into your eyes, one last time
And see that adoration, inside belie

Because if you noticed well, and I'm sure you do
You will realize,
That whatever love you've shown me
In my eyes, I express them too.

I hope it was painless and peaceful.
I hope you've reached a better place.

I LOVE YOU. So much. So so so so so much.

I LOVE YOU.