I watched you walk away and I never said a word.
I knew your end had come, and I still let you go.
I told myself for such a long time that you would be fine.
I hoped you would find a way to be fine.
I sat there and kissed the tears out of your beautiful green eyes
and thought I could make it all better.
You held me with a strength that has yet to be matched...
I doubt it ever will.
You were the glue that held us together
and you were the one that fell apart.
Do you have any idea what it did to us to see you lying there
covered in your life's blood and know there was nothing any of us could do?
You made sure there was no turning back.
Did you think about us?
Did you think the pain of living would be harder on us than the pain of placing you in the cold ground?
Did you know we all have a piece of your blood covered clothes,
just to remind us that it can be carried too far?
You taught me that sometimes there is just no more relief to be found,
so how was this fair?
Did you find what you so deeply craved?
Did you find your peace?
We lost ours when we lost you.
Derick Lynn Stone
08-02-1979 to 03-24-2007
