AN: Wow it's been so long since i've updated any of my stories and this is by far the least popular but it's the one I felt like updating. I must confess, this poem has absolutely nothing to do with Inuyasha. I hope someone will enjoy it and maybe even leave a review about the message they got out of it. Please enjoy and leave a review on your way out.
Love Not Forgotten
I feel warm tears run down my face
And bend down to my knees
I place the flowers on your grave
And I know that you'd be pleased
Because they were your favorite
They are a memorial to what we used to be
If you're looking down now
I hope that you can see
Do you remember every Friday
You'd sit in the swing at the park
And I'd watch you from afar
Until you had to leave when it grew dark
I finally got the courage
To ask you your name
It wasn't long after that
That we began our game
Imagine us, two adults
And I so terribly shy
You with your rosy cheeks
And eyes blue as the sky
You warned me to not love you
You said that you wouldn't catch me if I were to fall
But I fell hard and fast
Yet you never let down your wall
Seasons went by
Days turned to months, those moths to a year
And you finally confessed to me
Your biggest fear
Turns out you were sick
Terribly so
You didn't want to love someone
That one day you'd have to leave alone
But I took your hand
And looked in your eyes
I told you that one moment with you
Was worth my whole life
Things changed after that
And I think you started to see it my way
If it's what it took
I'd just take it day by day
But eventually your visits stopped
And I began to worry
A call came from the hospital
I rushed over in a hurry
In that white bed in that white room
You looked so vulnerable weak, and pale
Just by looking in your sky blue eyes
I could see you'd been through hell
You reached out for me
And I came to your side
Something inside me shattered
When you started to cry
You'd always been so strong
You never seemed afraid
But I felt the fear
Coming off of you in waves
I'm not sorry that you loved me
But I'm not able to stay
I hope that you'll find love
In someone else's arms one day
Don't forget the memories
And how much I loved you
I won't regret the love we shared
But I'm sorry for what I'll lose
It's not fair that even in the end I was loved
And when I'm gone you'll be left behind
But I still hope
That every once in a while, I'll be on your mind
Still though, after I'm gone
And you've had time to heal
Find love in another
Just make sure it's real
We both knew this was coming
And part of it has reached its end
When I'm gone find happiness
Eventually, your broken heart will mend
I saw the light fading from your eyes
And I knew we didn't have long
So I drew you up in my arms
And sang our favorite song
With your last breath that you took
You spoke of your love for me
And in my ear you simply whispered,
" Remember me."
I get up off my knees
And wipe a tear away
Then I turn to my wife and children
Who don't quite understand this day
Yes it was years ago
That you passed away
But as you asked I never forgot
The words you spoke that day
There has not been a single day
That I didn't remember your name
And the love in my heart
Has always stayed the same
But you also asked me to find love
And I found it in my wife
She did not replace you
I just made more room in my heart and life
She did not know you
But she understands
Why I come here every year
And I smile as she takes my hand
I never forgot you
And I will never regret
The love that connected us both
From the first day that we met
When I look up the sky is your eyes
And the wind is your last whispers
It carries your love
And your last, lingering caresses
But it's once more time to say goodbye
Yet it's not as hard to turn away
As it might have been years ago
On the lonely day
I will walk away again
To my lover, wife, and friend
Remember though I'll never forget
What we had back then
No matter how my life might change
There's one thing that will never
In my body, soul, and heart
I will love you for forever
AN: Reviews are much appreciated!