If Only You Could Have Stayed

Constantly thinking,

never to be the same.

The tears fall quickly

just hearing your name.

Silence is golden,

yet not anymore.

Silence brings thoughts

I just can’t ignore.

The nights are sleepless,

dreams out of reach.

Crying in my pillow

to you I beseech.

Surrounded by family,

I still feel alone.

My heart is so empty.

This pain I must own.

I wish I could hug you

and just see your face.

But now I have memories

to stand in your place.

Gone but not forgotten,

that’s what they say.

Of course that is true…

but if only you could have stayed.

Share:

More Poems

My Mother’s Sleep Is Deep

A modern funeral poem by Margaret Wilmot. A funeral poem for a mother, ideal for reading at a religious or non-religious service.

Heaven’s Rocking Chair

Are there rocking chairs in Heaven where little babies go? Do the angels hold you closely and rock you to and fro? Do they talk

But You Didn’t

Remember the time you lent me your car and I dented it? I thought you’d kill me… But you didn’t. Remember the time I forgot

A Wish And A Prayer

May your spirit soar in freedom From the fears that gripped so tight. May you find the peace you searched for As you wandered, lost,