Surprise Party

I sit in the living room with the lights off

The anniversary gift I bought you sits untouched

The cake still sits on the table, candles continue to burn bright

Tears build in my eyes

 

All the guests have gone home

Their gifts stacked on the sofa

The children are asleep in their beds

The house in cleaned

 

I continue to sit in silence

The only light in the room is from the candles on the cake

I can hear crickets in the distance

A soft breeze blows in through the open window

 

My glass of wine sits before me

The bottle sits next to it

My hair is curled

I am waring the earings you bought me

 

Tears stream down my face

Questions haunt my mind

"Why did you leave?"

 

That question will never be answered

Because you didn't know...

None of us new

 

I take a sip on wine and dry my tears

I stand up and slowly walk over to your desk that sits in the corner

The pressure in my chest continues to exhaust my spirit

The pain stabs me like a knife

 

I pick up the picture of you that sits on my book shelf

I slowly run my finger across the edge of the frame

Knowing I will never see your smile again haunts me

 

My mind travel's back to a few hours earlier

When the excitement filled the house

Family and friends surround me

The kids ran around the house laughing and giggling to each other

 

And when I saw the light of a car pull up people hid

and made the lights dim so you wouldn't see

But when the door bell rang.....

 

I knew it wasn't you...

 

I slowly walked to the door

My heart pounding loudly

My hands started to shake

 

I slowly opened the front door

Two police men stood before me

Their faceses were filled with sorrow

 

And they told me you weren't coming home...

 

I'm alone now

The children don't know

I don't have the heart to tell them

 

I pull your picture close to my heart

And whisper quietly to myself

"I'll miss you my darling"

Author's Note

Listen to the song "Beth" from Glee when reading this it makes it more dramadic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5QMixttIgo

Reviews

[Undying Glory]

wow this was such powerful work, and you're right that song sure adds such deep layers to this already impressive poem! this poem really cuts deep into our hearts.
"I'm alone now
The children don't know
I don't have the heart to tell them

I pull your picture close to my heart
And whisper quietly to myself
"I'll miss you my darling""
awesome stanzas! i did notice you misspelled "faces" but what the hell!
good job!

[Abbie]

aw that is so sad

[MuSe Ampoule]

such a solemn work...tragic event that would scar for a lifetime. You expressed this well!
"I slowly walked to the door
My heart pounding loudly
My hands started to shake "

[Calypso]

Very somber and ironic.

[JanieB]

Oh boy..what a tear jerker Sarah.
Really well written.

[Marie Harrison]

So sad. Nice poem.

[Cynthia]

Really, a powerful and strong writing! I agree with coyote, also, I think its a heart felt poem and very moving :D Very deep

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

You gave me chills, the ending was a shocker! I was thinking affair. Well written!

[G. K. Bostic]

You can feel the depth of loss through your words. A well told sorrowful story. One that we all fear could happen to us. (There are some errors you might want to check for)

[Sarusai Hiryu]

Proof read it again. Some of the mistakes here are just bound to be typos
The way you make the reader expect a happy poem - "surprise Party" - and then make it sadder in every stanza I found especially noteworthy