Across the Heavens

 When I was sixteen I met a man
He offered a job to work in his store.
As time moved forward without even noticing,
That man had become so much more.
  A boss he surpassed and became a friend
But something inside was beginning to start.
A void that was dormant had started to fill
The missing pieces of my own heart.
  In the blink of an eye the years had passed.
With memories of love and laugh stored away.
Before I knew the time had come
When I had to say goodbye on that tragic day.
  And just like that my world had crashed.
How do you go on missing a part of your soul?
A dark thought grows when the reality hits
That you will never again feel completely whole.
  But let me tell a truth that time has taught
No matter how long real love lasts forever.
It is that unbreakable bond between two hearts
That not even death itself can sever.
  I miss that man in every moment of my life.
I can manage at times to get through the day.
Where it's not a struggle to smile or laugh
And I am able to keep the tears at bay.
  I do not regret a single day with him,
Or the pain and grief I now have to feel.
Because through the darkness a truth shines on,
That the love we had was very real.