The Ache

My heart never ached so As when the doctors said you would go Was it not hours before We laughed and played at life's open door? How quickly things do change Pretty soon my life would be rearranged The loss of you Would've been a partial loss of me Because we worked hand in hand One always supplying the others demand My emotions swelled But no one did I tell Until I reached my breaking …

…That I keep in my heart like a token. You would live But suffering was still something you had to give Now I can remember those passing days of eternity Was it a minute? An hour? A day? No one could really say Because pain has no definite time It hangs on that thin line Of indefinite awakening At moments the ache returns Always reminding me of the time When for you God did yearn