I Saw Poem by Bethany Maxwell

I saw her that day
I saw her face, her eyes.
I saw how much she didn't want to stay,
I saw her look longingly into the skies.

I know how she feels,
I know the pain,
I know how much it steals.
I know that she feels the blood in her veins.

I saw her leave,
I saw her die.
I saw the blood on her sleeve.
I saw the light in her eyes go by.

I feel her sorrow,
I feel her weight.
I feel the pain of tomorrow.
I feel I know it is too late.

I saw that girl go away.
I saw her pass through the light.
I saw that girl die today,
I saw her fly like a kite.

I can't be what she wanted to be.
I can't save her soul, I can't tell her what I see,
I can't help her pay the toll.

I saw the sun in the sky,
I saw the blackness of the clouds.
I saw the look in her eye.
I saw her heart pound.

I am what she is, what she was.
I am who she once knew.
I am in the place she left.
I am what was once new.

I saw her that day,
I saw what she will never be.
I saw that fateful day,
I saw that little girl.... for she is me.