'You Needed to Go "

"You Needed to Go"

Greg Budig 2020

Eyes have closed. 

Dull humming fills my head. 

 I want to close down.

Life is brief. 

Death is inevitable. 

But not now, please not now.

Waiting, slowly waiting. 

Nothing prepares you. 

Wanting to sleep. 

It's just not enough. 

My eyes won't let me cry. 

I need to cry.

I hear your pain.

 I'm falling apart. 

I hate myself for feeling so 

scared, for being so weak.

I'm falling apart. 

I'm closing my eyes. 

But the children we raised 

are holding your hand.

They talk to your spirit,

surround you with love. 

And then they hold me,

and they carry my pain. 

Now is the time. 

I come back to your side. 

You said so many times

that you needed to go. 

Breathing has slowed,

now is the time. 

Somewhere in the darkness,

your spirit took flight. 

Free from the pain,

you soared to the stars. 

Holding each other, our 

grief came in tears. 

In the silence we looked upon 

your now peaceful face. 

Sweet memories began to 

rise in our hearts. 

Soon there was laughter,

we had let you go home. 

Now was the time. 

You needed to go. 

Now was the time. 

We had let you go home. 

The End