I felt your presence today
dear sweet friend
the scent of Night around you
your breath of green decay
not for me did you visit
but for one near to my heart
one who's labored breath
still haunts my mind

in sorrowed speech I pled
this candle needing quenched
such pain in one so small
no cries nor sound uttered
only the physical embodiment
lingering suffering intense
your touch a kindness
your patience with my grief

selfish tears still fall
in my heart an empty place
an echo resounding still
where joy once lay
and though the pain I know will fade
still now I mourn
moonlight will find me
burying that which is forever lost