Poem2021-02-28T08:31:17+00:00

Without You

By: Michael James Tomei

The emptiness of midnight
The solitude of dawn
Looks upon the window of memories
No new one comes to bare
To open... brings only stale air

I wake to hear the echo of a pin drop
Our pool without your waves
The conversations we will not have
Your laugh I cannot create

No sound of your voice to calm my fears
Can’t feel the warmth of your love
Where is my smile of the angels
My sunrise that poured from your heart?

You are in the place the Angels call home
With a table that fits two
Now the table is set for one
The sound of my tears filling the glass
Instead of you

I watched as you closed your eyes for the last time
The curtain separates our stare
You called my name with your last breath
Sunrise quickly became sunset

The view of a nightmare became reality
As our tears combined on your cheeks
I heard the song our hearts played together
Except it was missing half the beats

Every morning I press my ear and bouquet
As near to your heart as can be
Waiting endlessly to hear you call my name
As my love's dew drops
Find their way down to thee

Endlessly looking for that table for two
I always find a table set for one
I listen for your key that never turns the lock
The feast... turns cold every night

Where is the sound of the voice that said, ”I do”
The hand I reach for in the dark
I wait patiently, ”I do”
For the eyes that captured my heart

The pictures of silence I cannot bare
Echoes of memories fill the air
I reach for my glass
Sip the tears of tears

While we listen and cuddle to our new melody
A song written on the face of destiny
Composed of just our tears
”Without you,” fills my home of despair
The lullaby I sing in my sleep, as I stare