Yesterday I read your words Inscribed across yellow lined paper- On a warm spring day you had planned your funeral- I know you are alive right now alone here in your bedroom A breeze would gently rock the branches on the trees outside- I would peer outside the window- Daffodils are dancing amongst the freshly grown grass, Dew kissed roses are coming alive. I would yearn to be outside Walking happily welcoming spring- Once both of our favorite times of year When the world was awakening from a long winter’s nap- I cannot leave you alone. Sitting still on the blue velvet wing chair I watch you- you do not move. Oh how still you lie, although with eyes wide open Tear-filled, staring into space, I hardly know now where I belong in this world myself- Words inscribed across yellow lined paper-Were plans to end your life- Your death sentence drowning in a deep depression- The sun shines brightly on a spring day But I know you are blind to the light. I would yearn for you to be the mother you used to be- As I sit still witnessing your emotional death. I am not allowed to leave you alone- As I watch you slowly deteriorate- Words I have read inscribed on yellow lined paper, Watching your tears fall as you lie motionless- Are fate’s way of telling me if I were to step out of the door to this room- You would take your life- and I would be to blame. Our lives have both had its peaks and its craters- I hardly know what life means anymore- My flagging grasp upon reality and the loss of your will to live Have left our futures in the bleakness of despair- I write my own words on a torn sheet of yellow lined paper- Begging for you to come back to me- words you may never see- In my own way I am leaving this world to a place in the realm of my fantasies- It is the only way I can escape seeing you in such a wretched state. Now I can feel my own tears streaming down my cheeks as I cry “Come back to me” In a moment of anger I throw away the letter you wrote on yellow lined paper- Outside it is the most beautiful time of year but the darkness inside of Your heart soul and spirit has formed a black cloud overshadowing the light- And the sun may never rise in your world again- wherever that world may be.