I LOST YOU

I wait for an answer

Not from you but from God,

I have cried all these years waiting to hear from him,

Why did he take you away?

I searched deep inside me but I had no answers.

Together we were like peas in a pod.

Nothing could break us apart

Despite the objections and family situation.

Our love held us together

My yin and your yang

My aura and your power

Your strength and my gentleness

Made us the envy of all around us.

We were sentenced to be together

No chance of freedom from each other

Who wanted freedom in this situation?

Our judgement did not come from man,

Men who made mistakes and regret years later

This was judgement of the heart

Cupid’s arrow hit not one but two hearts.

One day I could not find you,

Our love must have angered the gods,

We did not heed the warning

That the gods were jealous gods

I searched high and low

With my downcast spirit in tow

Following me around

Not making a sound

But I knew it was around me

Already aware that I had lost thee.

Your body was brought to me

Wrapped in a white shroud,

The scars and scratches still raw

As though you had been struck with a claw.

That was the day my heart died.

On my knees I screamed to God,

Pain racked my body

As I clung to my own self

Arms wrapped around me

Rocking me tenderly

“Why oh why?” I cried out to God

“Give me an answer, do you not know everything?”

I lost you just like that.

Now I wander around like a lost soul searching for my love.

I know I have lost you.

(C) Mariska Taylor Darko 2019