I shed a tear for you the day

we said goodbye and parted.

I feel so empty and forlorn,

each day I’m brokenhearted.

I mourn for you, both day and night,

but you will never know.

For this secret, I keep well hid,

trying not to let it show.

I think of all the many times

we shared while once together,

But those times are over now,

the storms I now must weather.

How can I go from day to day

while missing you so much?

How can I mend this broken heart,

when I long to feel your touch?

I thought the answers I had found,

but if that’s true, then why ~

do I feel so lost and blue,

and break down each day and cry?

Someday I hope to understand,

why life happened just this way.

For all I ever think about,

Is you, day after day.

God, help me mend this broken heart,

for I can’t live this way.

I need those arms around me,

To take this pain away.

~Author~

Ruth Ann Mahaffey

©Copyright June, 2003