Someone Dead

We’re descending the stairs

Laughing and giggling

About things we don’t know

We’re making assumptions

Laughing at people

Making fun at what they do

I look at you with glistening eyes

Happy and laughing 

Like I’ve never laughed before

I enjoy steeling glimpses of you

When you’re not noticing

I’m unable to take my eyes off you

It’s just when I look in your eyes

I see a whole new world that I never knew

It’s when I realize that 

I love you!

You take me out for a drink

We laugh and we giggle again

I ask you to lean forward

To come closer

I have my arm on your shoulder

I’m holding your head in my palm 

I feel your hair going through my fingers

And I’m feeling shy

I lean closer to your ears

And with a shy smile and a blushing face, I whisper:

I love you!

I move away

Still smiling, still blushing 

I finish my drink and I’m happy

You drive me home 

You’re stunned 

You tell me “be safe”

You never show again

I never hear of you again

You never pickup your phone

Years and years later

I’m playing with my daughter 

I’m hugging her, sliding my hand down her hair

I feel her laugh and her joy

She picks a photo of us when we were together

She smiles and asks me:

“Mom, who is that, you’re so happy and smiling with?”

She is the most perfect, happy thing

I hug her close and tight

I look at her father working in his office

I smile with ecstasy and teary eyes

I look back at her and say:

“Honey, he is someone who is now dead to me,

I love you!”

I hold her up 

I walk towards my husband

I kiss him and I hug him and I say 

I love you! 

Just one day I woke up forgetting all about you
I had a life better than what I thought I’d have
I'm happy and I'm never looking back
And whenever I’m asked about who you were; I answer:
He’s just someone who is now dead!