Shadow World

A Poem by Kelly

Yesterday you were here
And today you are gone
And there is a hole in my heart
A gaping bottomless void
Where you were ripped away from me
And everyone who loves you
This isn't the same world
As it was before you left
Shadow world
The light left with you
And I am alone in a
World without air
Without light
I can't breath
can't see
My hands are outstretched and
I stumble through the empty blackness
Reaching for your hand
Knowing I will find nothing
but
Cold
My heart is ice
Like your body
So familiar
But so empty
Like an old photograph
This isn't you
You are gone
Like a bird
Freed from it's cage
Singing and swooping of into the
Bright blue sky
I hold you in my hands
One last time
One last kiss
On your feathered head
Then
With tears in my eyes
Throw you
Into the air
you fly
On the warm breeze
No pain
No fear
For you,
You are finally happy
But I am still here
Tethered to this
Shadow world
With a hole in my heart
A gaping bottomless void...