In the light of early dawn she sat;
As no sleep could bring peace to her,
Restless mind; littered thoughts of that;
Which haunted her every moment after,
From minute to minute her nightmares;
Were her living hell and there by her side,
He knelt; held her hand and ignored the stares;
Of those all around who couldn't understand,
How he couldn't leave her side; they couldn't stand;
To see this outspoken love he wouldn't hide,
Even though she was broken sitting there;
Unable to love him back; but he didn't care,
Because his love was for that memory he held;
Deep within his heart and the promise he upheld,
His vow to her from the moment they met;
That he would always never this feeling forget,
What she meant to him the light she brought;
Made him stand again and how for her love he fought,
Because she was that purpose he had been missing;
All his life, and though he slowly lost her to her demons,
Past, he never would abandon this flower no longer blooming;
For within her lost mind he knew she remembered him and,
So he'd be there to welcome her no matter;
What the cost no regretting the coming latter,
Even if the toll of time would his bones turn to sand...
© okpoet