Lasting Memory by Mike Williams 01/20/2016 @ 8:52 A.M.

I want to apricate in the warmth of the sun, 
Sense its shine upon my face. 
I want to cuddle in your loving arms, 
And feel your soft embrace. 

I want to idle lazily away the hours, 
And watch time slowly pass. 
I want to hear your voice again, 
But I can no longer, alas. 

The fields of wheat wither, 
The flowers have spent their bloom. 
I remain in gloomy darkness, 
In the silence of the room. 

The days of sunshine are gone, 
And the warmth has grown cold. 
You have crossed the other side, 
And alone I must grow old. 

Time conspires against me, 
And I linger somewhere in the past. 
I only have you now in memory, 
And that's all I have to last.