you...

Sobbing I climbed into bed
Instinctively rolling back
Closer to where you should be
Pulling the covers up over my arms
Deliberately placing pillows
Behind my back, in a spot reserved for you

So it would feel like you were there
The weight of the blanket held tightly across my arms
Were your arms embracing mine
The pillows piled high behind me
became your body pressing against mine

As my head began to hurt from the crying
As sheer exhaustion took hold of my body
As my hands in place of yours wiped away my tears
I kept repeating to myself in my mind
"you will be here with me one day"
"you are here with me even now"


Copyright ©2007 Melinda A. Napoletano
Image Source: Yahoo Images