Your Silence

Hello, my departed friend

It's good to be near you again

Oh, how I missed your care!

Until I turned and saw you there

We were one then

We are one now

You became me

And I became you

Your sun continues to shine

Your flowers blossom still

Your face is in every dewdrop

Your love is in every breath

My life is your presence

My joy is your sound

Your absence surrounds me

Your silence is deafening

The clock on the wall is ticking

Ticking life away

The second hand is sweeping

Sweeping dreams away

Minute by minute

Hour by hour

Day by day

Year by year

A lifetime suddenly gone