When you left me after forever. The stars became your friends. The night became mine. People told me give it time They said take tiny steps one day after another Its just like learning to walk again after a broken leg. But I have taken all the steps Day after day and night after night Sometimes I lose my footing And fall down the long stairway that I have climbed so high I can touch the stars that know you. I can speak to the moon. But after the terrible journey A sadness falls over me And grief mocks my fight. Acceptance calls me Like the whispering breeze In the swaying willows I now look down on a desolate world. I now know what is wrong. Your friend the stars told me. Once more I stand on the first step. and I understand you have gone.