Make these moments more real
In dreams I’ve kept you by my side
Afraid to lose
Afraid to feel
The light of day I can only see
What my dreams have left behind
Standing here alone
You’re not with me
Your everlasting touch I need
And I can’t understand why
When I close my eyes
You never leave
Make these moments mine to keep
The dreams I’ve held so tight
Through distracted days
And restless sleep
Through the winter chill I felt the fear
It never felt more real than this
And a sad song’s refrain
Draws these frozen tears
So tell me now what I do
To keep these dreams when I sleep
Afraid to lose
The spirit of you
So tell me not to want or wonder
Or wait for the day you return
And wish away the days
Until I hold my Summer
So tell me not to fear the thunder
Spring unfolds the Earth asunder
And wish away the days
Until I hold my Summer
My dear friend Summer passed away five days after I wrote this poem for her. She was battling a very aggressive cancer that took her life as quickly as her doctors were able to accurately diagnose it. She told me about the possibility that the illness that she had been battling for two months was indeed cancer and she would be going in for further testing.
She told me the last time we spoke that this poem made her smile, and cry. She was scared, but wanted my reassurance that everything would be OK.
On May 17, 2013, it took her life, just thirteen days after her 23rd birthday.
The world is missing a beautiful soul…