I Had No Need Poem by Edwina Reizer

I had no need to be awake.
'Twas better in my bed.
The thought of facing life without him
was a thought better dead.

I had no need to open my eyes.
'Twas better not to see.
The thought of seeing the sun without him
was devastating to me.

I had no need to know the time.
'Twas better that time slip away.
The thought of time lingering now
is endless time each day.

There are no needs that now are mine.
'Twas a time I had them all.
We woke, we saw and knew the time,
now too hurtful to recall.