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Mar 2014
I keep waiting:
To see you walk through the door,
To get another text,
Another phone call.

It's hard to believe:
That you're not coming home.
That there won't be anymore "I love you" messages.
No more phone calls telling me you're on your way home.

I had years with you,
But I want more.
It seems that it just wasn't enough.
That it's never enough.

Am I being selfish
To want you here with me?
Is it wrong to want
You here with us?

Tell me it's not true.
Tell me you'll be home soon.
Tell me you're not really gone.
Tell me this is just a bad dream.

Let me wake up in your arms
And tell me everything is ok.
Hold me tight just once more
To never let me go again.

Though, if this nightmare is true,
I just ask for one thing.
While we're apart,
Watch over me.

Watch over the one who miss you.
Hold us all close and help us ease this emptiness.
Let us know you're ok,
And that we'll together again someday.
Lindsay Umphress
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