Submission 226

Dear Uncle Steve,

“Why you”

My heart is broken, cracked completely in two
Since hearing the devastating news about you

Ripped from my world how wrong can that be
Your exit from life in the arms of a tree

I loved you in life and I love you in death,
I’ll love you always, forever till my very own last breath

Frozen in time the memories we shared
My only comfort your knowledge I cared

I wish that alone could have stopped what you did
But the plague in your mind you just wanted rid

So brutal and rash your fatal last act
It must’ve been tough but so matter of fact

To walk that short walk knowing it would be your last, just longing for peace from torments of the past

I miss your face, and I miss your laughter
They’re both gone with you in the ever after

Why did this have to happen to you
A question I’ve screamed until I turn blue

Such a characterful figure
Full of joy, zest and vigour…

But fantastical stories you drew in your mind
Fairytales and thoughts of the darkest kind

Mental torture got the better of you
With retrospect it’s like you knew

That that huge hug you gave me just days before
Would be the last one then and forevermore

Why did this have to be how you died
It’s too much to bare and oh how I’ve cried

I can’t take it in, it just feels so surreal
They say time alone will help my poor heart to heal

But I don’t feel there’s enough time to get over this
You could never imagine just how much you’re missed