A YEAR LATER

It still hurts
I have people telling me
It gets better, I feel worse 
I feel like I’m hearing the news 
All over again
I feel all of the emotions
I felt on that day 
The numbness never really faded away

I told myself I couldn’t miss you
I wasn’t there during your life
Yet I do miss you 
I picture your face as I close my eyes every night
I reminise the last time we spoke, the last words you said 
Permanently tattooed in my head
”take care of yourself gracie” 
Thats when I walked away
Its something I regret 
Still to this day 

The saying ‘god takes the best’
I’ve convinced myself 
That it’s true
God does take the best 
I know this because 
God took you.