Looking into your eyes as
my fingertips trail across your skin.
If I was ever more content,
I surely don't know when.

Your hair soft and smelling of jasmine,
blonde curls brush your face.
You roll over and wrap me in your arms,
I feel at peace in your embrace.

I open my eyes and I'm all alone.
Your side of the bed, empty and cold.
Tears threaten to spill over
when I realize you're not here to hold.

I want you here with me,
Damn you for leaving my life in such haste.
I miss your touch along my skin,
your kiss so sweet, I still taste.

Your eyes so dark blue
they resemble a sapphire jewel.
To think I could keep those treasures
for myself, what a fool.

I can't take back all those
horrible things I did and said.
There have been many days I've
wished I'd have left you instead.

I keep going over it all in my mind.
And it just doesn't seem fair.
A life stolen for drugs by
an addict who didn't care.

The fact that he is your brother
was the worst of it all.
I see just how far crack-cocaine
can make a person fall.

I'll never forget you and
I'll love you until my very last breath.
And as long as I live
I'll never be over your death.