I Came To Your Grave Today

 

I Came to Your Grave Today

I came to your grave today,
I’m hoping you hear me pray.
Help me find peace
Let this sadness once and for all cease.
I miss you brother more every day,
I don’t know why you had to go away.
Please, remind me that you’re safe in God’s hands
Help me to understand it was all part of a bigger plan.
Help this sadness lift,
Show me a sign that you know my love will never drift.
I’m always wishing for the chance to say goodbye,
Constantly asking God why.
Why couldn’t he give you the strength to persevere?
To heal you from all your fears
In your absence I grow weak
This constant pain only leaves me bleak
As I turn to walk away
A tear falls as I think once again of all the things I’ll never get to say.

He came to your grave today,
He is hoping you hear him pray.
He asks you why as he bows his head to cry.
He begs of you to make him understand,
Why you never reached out to take your brothers hand.
He calls you a quitter,
Harsh truths have left him bitter.
Yet, he only cries in front of you,
Never telling anyone what he’s going through.
He turns to anger to mask his pain,
Feeling too much to even try to explain.
So he bows his head,
Loosing count again of all the tears he’s shed.

She came to your gave today,
She is hoping you hear her pray.
She asks you quietly how you could end such a beautiful life.
How you could leave such an amazing wife.
Didn’t you realize how cold this world would be without you?
She asks you how you expect her to start a new.
She looks up to the sky as a once again tears fall from her lonesome eyes,
Wondering how your forever could be nothing but lies.
And as she turns to leave,
She thinks of all you once made her believe.
She closes her eyes and walks away,
There’s too many words she’ll never be able to say.

You came to my grave today,
And I heard you pray:
I’m wishing I could explain,
Why that July day I went insane.
I watch as you cry
Yearning for the chance to wipe those tears from your eye
Begging you to go on
To stop living your life so withdrawn
Pleading with you to not make my same mistakes
Yet, watching you powerless as your heart breaks
I am gone
Please, you must carry on.
I will always remember your loving eyes
Even though I’m left with only your heart wrenching cries
I’m finally home safe in heavens arms
Away from all of life’s trivial harms
Know in your dreams I am holding your hand
Leading you far away to a safer land
I wipe your tear
And tell you there’s nothing left to fear
I kiss you goodbye
Once and for all that summer’s night in July.

-Johanna Mazie Dunn-

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