One Day Poem by Kwenadi Gaaje

ONE DAY

One day I'll go and never come back
You'll wish to see me for the last time
You'll dream of me and anticipate that I visit you even for a second of the day.
Know that when I finally leave
You may never get to see me again.

Tomorrow might be too late to fix things between us
Tomorrow may feel like a million years
You'll count the days and nights I cried
begging for my life
My freedom
You'll then realise that I'm goneand I'm not coming back..

You'll wish to be close to me
To hold my hand
To look me in the eye
And say what's good for my ear
The thought of me not being here will me a mocking moments of your life
You'll cry and I may never be there to dry your tears

You'll have a picture of my presence to you
But will you have an image of Me not being there for you?
Tomorrow - if I'm gone
Promise not to cry for me
I want you to prepare for the worst
For I am taking all that I was to you with me to the land of thee unknown..

Promise to remember me for the little time I had with you
For the tears I cried
For the laughter I've found in you
For all you found In me
I'm taking it all with me...

When I finally close my eyes for the last time
Will you be there to disrupt my sweet dream?
Will you try to wake me up?
Will you ask for a minute of my shattered breath?
Will you cry and leave a stain your tear on my chest?

if.... if I may write this poem and leave it for you
Will you take your time and go through it?
Will you understand the fear in me for leaving you here?
Will you not try to wake me up?
Will you remember me?

If I may ask you to recite this poem near my coffin
Will you honour my wish?
Will you try not to cry when you recite it?
Will you feel my pain through this poem?
Will you ever realise that I'm unintentionally leaving you?

I know
There's so much to live for
There's lot that you wish to do for me
You had imaginary future with me
You had your dreams of me...us

I need not to dispatch them
But my time with you has come to part
My journey is ending
I must go
Let me go
Never try to stand in my way
Away from this world I'm heading

Tomorrow I will go
and never be visibly seen nor touched
But cry no more
Let my absence be a reason to carry on
To rejoice
To live your lives to the fullest
To enjoy all that you share

Know
I will hug you when you cry
I will help you sleep when you're having restless nights
I will be close to you
close.. when you are alone
I will be with you through days of forlornness..

You may never feel my hand when i touch you
You may never hear my voice
When I speak
You may never see me
but beside you I will stand always
to look after you.....