For her,
As it always should have been.
For her,
As it always should be.
For her,
When her heart is full of grief,
And she is crying over me.

After the silence settles
Like dust.
We hardly feel dumb struck.
Sideways glances—
To say with my eyes:
For her.

And her long hair,
And her loud voice,
And the long walks,
And the loud laughs,

Will never be mine again.
--For her.