Candle Light

You won’t ever realize how many lives you’ve touched
A smile every time i saw you
If only I could see your face light up again
I didn’t realize how much your presence had changed me.

Like a moth that flutters around, brushed off when I didn’t have the time
Wings touched. Just briefly.
I didn’t expect you to fly from the porch light to a candle flame.

You won’t ever realize the amount of people left behind
The people who cried at the news, that couldn’t think of why
You spoke of dreams and love, the songs you loved and what made you laugh
Did you know how much of a surprise it was? To cover us all in shock, in silence.

I wish I’d know how much knowing you affected me
Even when I thought you didn’t, because you said you’d see me again in a year
Wings touched me, so lightly, but I felt you when you were here, and when you’re gone.

Written October 26, 2010 – rest in peace, T.L.