I woke up to an empty bed,
No crumpled sheets, no strands of hair.
I wish I had just woken dead
And never known you won’t be there.

Lifetimes ago, when you were mine,
I used to sleep in your embrace.
Those times, they now seem so divine,
I woke up to your smiling face.

I woke up to your laughing voice,
My lips would kiss your lovely lips.
With life’s music, we would rejoice
Caress love with our fingertips.

I played with you, your dusky skin,
I touched you tender with my love.
Your love filled me, my deep within,
I thanked for you my stars above.

With one stroke of destiny’s sword
You cut yourself away from me,
Love’s labour is its own reward,
I pined for what could never be.

Like grains of sand, you slid away,
My hopes, like water bubbles, burst.
What won’t I give for you to stay
For you to quench my dying thirst.

What’s not to be is not to be
But you, at least, for once can try.
Just hold within your embrace me,
Then turn around and say goodbye.