Without You

These moments without you

Make my heart ache with sadness

I did not appreciate you

When you were with me

I never realised

How much I would miss you

If you were no longer around

I did not expect

To lose you so soon

There is now this emptiness

Within my soul

That I cannot seem to fill

There are times

When it hurts so much

That I can’t even cry

I show the world

A smiling face

And a nonchalant attitude

I smile and laugh

And keep on a mask

I don’t think people realise

How fake this visage is

Even though the cracks

Are slowly starting to appear

I feel so alone

I no longer have any backup

And I have to fight my battles alone

I don’t even know where to begin

I don’t know how to face this world

Without your guiding light

I don’t know how to survive

Without you as my shield…

~S~