I am out of words out of verses nothing rhymes with your absence
Yet time stood still for you and life, well life is not the same without your eyes and the truth of all truths: a single thought of you will always move my soul
But time presses time and I try to find the word and rhyme the voice of a soul moved: I think of you and warmth overwhelms the silence the word that rhymes
Today is your birthday and I cannot see you. The stone with your name takes me, buries me in the grief of your absence. And I want to believe, I will see you again. Oh, what I would give to hug you. It was today, five years ago that I last heard your voice. You were 23, happy and busy as always. A month later you were gone. I am so glad we had those 3 minutes on the phone. I remember telling you how much I missed and loved you and, I heard you: "Me too, Syl. Me Too."
You are 28 to me, and I am counting the days. I will see you again.