Caged

I smiled at the morning sun
it did not smile back
I walked across the empty lane
And at no one I tipped my hat

The flowers didn't bloom today
Even though the sun did shine,
In fact they looked dead to me
Withered and without life.

My heart has an achy feeling
Beneath my pretty white dress,
That something bad is coming
To tell me what I have missed.

I'll wait on one of the many rocks in my field
My smile getting thin.
The sun is setting,
And no cars drive up.

In this place I am alone
Forgotten just the same.
Lonely, cold, never to be changed

The sun is gone,
Replaced by stars and moon.
In my once brightly lit field,
A dark gloom has set the mood.

He once visited me twice a week
My true love and best friend,
As the time passed visits became more slim.

He used to sit and talk to me
But the last few times he came
He just sat there and he stared,
quiet whispers of, ''give me strength.''

Sadness contorted his features
Eyes filling with tears.
Slowing glancing away from me
Whispering heart felt prayers.

He said words i'd been dreading
From the passing years.

"Strangers to friends to finding my true love
To marriage and children
Who you never got to love.
To losing and loving and refusing to let you go.
This is the last time I will come here
No longer will I keep you caged.
To see you and not hear you
Is like a knife stab to my heart
But I know never doing so again
Will be the hardest part"