Numb.

Yesterdays pains
Gone.
I lie awake and try to grasp the truth.
It's not real.
I can't see it.
I only hear it.
It's not real.

Numb.

Blank stares don't bring you home.
We've not been close for years,
Yet,
I've never felt so connected.
So taken back.
So uncertain.
So...

Numb.

It's as if your still here.
But your daughter,
That sweet child,
A year old,
Will never know you.
The love you had for her,
The way you looked into her eyes,
The smile she brought back to you...
She'll never know it.
She'll never know you.

Numb.

I count those I so often take for granted.
I want to cry,
Tell them I love them,
Tell them they are important,
Tell them I'm here,
But you didn't get to.

Numb.

We all are one in your loss.
Try to fill a gap,
A hole in our world.
An unexpected,
Unfair,
Unbelievable,
Bottomless
Hole.

Numb.

Nothin­g can replace you,
Soften the blow,
Bring you back.
Nothing can be what you were.
A friend.
A father.
A joy.
Nothing can bring back the feeling you brought to life.
Everything lies still,
Motionless,
Broken,

Numb.