When it Ends

"When it Ends"

I woke up again

     thinking you were here,

But nothing remains

but these salty tears,

This was the end for real,

     never going to see you again in here,

I can however,

     still remember when

the thought of being with you

was without end

But like watching a beautiful sunset

and not wanting it to end,

We reveled in the happiness 

of the beauty of

the hues of purples and golden oranges

as they stretched 

across the sky

reflecting a glimmering splendor

over the horizon,

We wanted this moment

to last forever,

Our moment,

Our existence together,

But like a sunset

the darkness will end

the shimmering glow of the sun,

it will end the day for night

Forever leaving 

that moment

behind

to time,

Suddenly then

all this pain,

all this sorrow,

to have to feel alone

in the end,

There's nothing to do

but 

acknowledge

the darkness for the night it is

and shed my tears

in the safety

of its shroud,

so that I may see

the coming sunrise,

And perhaps

I will wake

not 

thinking you were here

but instead

watching a beautiful sunrise

as the day takes shape

before me,

And I find our memory

has taught me

and

not broken me,

That my memory

tells me to remember

that a whole life

exists

without you,

That a beautiful sunset

is yet to come again

and I can watch it

not having to fear any pain

or cry

when it ends.

-Armando Torres