I Wish You Well

I will never forget the day I started talking to you

Not knowing that I would fall in love with you

You gave me something that no one had before

You gave me peace

Like a river that had been rushing, pulled by the current for too long.

You made my waters still

I found rest within myself from you.

You gave me a reason to get up in the mornings

Happily awaiting word from you

To enjoy every aspect of life

To enjoy the meaning of purpose

Your words made me feel safe, secure, and cared for

I wished for you what you could not find in yourself to give

I understood while feeling like I had the life sucked out of me

We still talk at times and I remain cool so not to show I still feel

For your words, your caring, knowing I will never have your love.

I find I am back to just going through the motions

Doing what I must emotionless

It has made an emptiness within me, and I know that

I will never feel whole again.  You were it for me. 

And with the emptiness, the loneliness I feel

I wish you well

As stars race horizons reflected in still lakes

And calm seas

I wish you well

As love lands on your shoulders still warm from the flight

I hope you are smiling as morning scatters into night

Back under the trees and into sweet dreams

I hope you know peace as gardens begin to grow

In all your favorite colors, I hope you will remember

The mist you see in the moonlight, is me, only a memory.

I wish you well.