Breathless

A Poem by Iliana

My heart pounds and I am breathless. Breathless with every memory and every thought of you. Times we laughed and times we cried together. The sorrowful good byes and promises of tomorrow.

There are reasons I don't do good byes well and for a time it got easier. Then when I on that bus that October day. Good bye is what I knew you would say.

Good bye to me, good bye to our love, good bye to our future. I gave you all of me and all I had to offer. I am so weary. Weary of the pain, of the numbness and wondering what there is left for me to do.

The holidays grow closer and I have no one to share them with. No family, no companion not even my precious animals. I miss you and your voice and the warmth and laughter you would bring. You are the only one who could ever make my heart sing.