To Zephyr | The Grief Toolbox

To Zephyr

In the darkness I see a light

I try to believe that it’s true

My emotions wake me up at night

Wishing I was next to you

You took me up to galaxies

Where stars and comets collide

Now the distance between our dreams

Is growing smaller inside

You’re at a place I can’t explain

A place undeniably surreal

My eyes on horizons created by pain

Of fantasies that only I can reveal

I wanted to show you what I could do

To make all your dreams come true

It was with hope and feelings I promised to

Becoming closer to you

I can still feel your hands

Warmly caressing mine

I can still envision your grins

Faint, but yet so sublime

You came and left

Like your name implies

A soft wind from the West

Bringing love to our lives

The emptiness created inside

Is hard for me to explain

My heart says to run and hide

But that would be in vain

I need to set you free

It is hard with these feelings I knew

I am selfish to want to see

Again the beauty in you

Days and nights come and go

Irrelevant of my pain

Which only I can forego

Yearning that someday we will meet again

John Naylor

About the Author

I am a gay man who found his soulmate. Our relationship was like a fairytale. The person I loved had many psychological and physical ailments. We figured we had at least twenty years together. As the universe would have it he was suddenly taken after 14 months later on September 5, 2014. I lost the better part of me. My hero. Grief has enveloped my whole being. I have never written a poem before but the words started flowing as if being guided. Hopes and dreams are lost but I found comfort in writing the poem. I know he would not want me to grieve but I am human and still attached to my physical body full of emotions. I hope of a future that I can see the light again.

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