For You

Text Copyright © 2013 by Jessica P. West All Rights Reserved

The preacher from your church is here,

Our families sit in rows.

Calla lilies line the aisle,

Your bouquet, lilies and a rose.

 

You chose the colors of our wedding,

The cake, the place, the time.

The only thing left for me to do,

Was make it here on time.

 

I let you choose to do these things

However you wanted to,

Because all that I have ever done,

I've only ever done for you.

 

You threw my phone against the wall,

In a fit of blinded rage.

You made me feel like an animal,

Locked up in a cage.

 

I hated the way you made me feel,

So feral, yet so small.

I summoned up my own good rage,

Slammed my fist into the wall.

 

If you really feel the way you say,

Then leave, don't let me stop you.

Because all that I have ever done,

I've only ever done for you.

 

I'm sorry that I called you things,

I'm sorry you did too.

I know we can't take back the tide

That left the crimson hue.

 

But now it's done and you're gone,

And I'll never laugh again.

When you left you took from me

My love, my partner, and my friend.

 

We know that we were both to blame,

Come home, I'm begging you.

Because all that I have ever done,

I've only ever done for you.

 

In your white dress on our wedding day,

You were lovely as can be.

Now in your casket, cold and gray

You're a still frame of beauty.

 

Your patience rests within your smile,

Fixed now till the end of time.

I hope you find, on the other side,

Eternal bliss sublime.

 

Wait for me there, as you did here,

That's all I ask of you.

Because all I that I have ever done,

I've only ever done for you.

Reviews

[Anushka]

I absolutely loved this. It kept me riveted and really moved me. Really good work, hope to see more of your writing :)

[WestWriter]

Thank you for reading. I'm so happy you liked it. I'm going to go check out your work right now.

[Anushka]

okay, hope you enjoy reading it!

[WestWriter]

I certainly did!