Drink Driving Is Never Clever Poem by Rachel Flynn

I look at you in your glass frame
Smiling back at me
3 weeks before you died
You looked so happy

A year has passed and I fail to see
How God could be so cruel to me,
He took what I love and reduced me to tears
Lost all my belief and brought back all my fears

I walk around in a trance like state
Ever since I lost my soul mate
I lay in an empty bed
With thoughts of you running through my head.

I keep the lights on whilst I’m asleep
So the nightmares at bay, I will keep
I cling to the memories of me and you
We loved with a passion that was too good to be true

I’m numb to the touch,
Lifeless I stand
All I want is to feel your warmth
As you hold my hand

If there is one thing I’ve learnt
Through all my pain,
Saying “I miss you”
Won’t bring you back again

I remember your face before they laid you to rest,
Hardly recognisable
You lay tranquil and lifeless

Your funeral was the worse moment of my life
As I watched them lower you into the ground
It wasn’t meant to end like this
I didn’t even get one final kiss

We had our whole lives to be with each other
My best friend
My soul mate
My lover

I wanted you to die an old man in your bed
Surrounded by our children and grankids
You died too young, that is for sure
I feel hollow like never before

Without you in my life
I’m stuck in reverse
My motivation is gone
In life you were my purpose

The process of healing has begun
Its long and painful
I cannot move on

I will never be the same
I will miss him always and forever
Please learn a lesson through all my pain
Drink driving is never clever!