When I Close My Eyes Poem by Audrey Heller

When I close my eyes, it's not darkness,
that I see! Strange as it may seem, you're
right there, beside me. I ask myself, how
is this possible, when you no longer are
here? My mind, is playing tricks on me,
so I fear! Could it be, this loneliness I feel,
ever since the day, you were called to the
other side? I have such a hard time, dealing
with it and can feel, I'm on a down hill slide!
I know, it's not the right thing, for me to do
letting myself, go! It serves no purpose, this
I already know! How, do you stop, wanting
what you lost, back again, to make you smile,
once more? I guess, to some, I've become,
quite a bore! There is no way, I find, that
makes life easier for me and forget the past.
Dad, you were such an important part, of my
life and it pains me, to think, it goes by, so
fast!