Almost a Year

Almost a year since that day
When the phone rang
and I heard those words
Almost a year since that numbness

Almost a year since I saw her...
In her pretty wedding dress
and the flowers everywhere
Make-up done nice
Trying to hide the truth
Eyes drawn close so she can rest in peace
Almost a year since that day

But January turned to February
And her husband lie alone on Valentines
Her children weeped come March
By April they knew not what to do
June, July and August past
The longest summer of our lives
In September she would have been forty
Would have been...
What a shame
Then Halloween and Thanksgiving
an emptiness in the air
and finally Christmas
which hurt the most
It's almost been a year
Without auntie
Without mommy
Without wife
It's almost been a year since that day