To Lose You

By Tara Nicole Walker

10.22.2002

Dedicated to James Earl Gamble II

To think of ever losing you

Pains me to the death

Constricting my chest

With every breath

My mind takes a path

That goes round and round and round

And tears well up in my eyes

And then begin to spill down

To lose that part of myself

That ho-so-large piece of my soul

Brings fears to my mind

That are so untold

I see myself screaming

And tearing at my hair

Calling out to you

Even though you are not there

I see myself so numb to pain

Staring off into space

Empty eyes that show an empty soul

Longing to see your face

I could never lose you and live

A life that's worth living

I cannot thrive without the hope

That to me you keep on giving