Where the Broken Go

My Dearest Abigail

This life has been longer than I had ever wished it to be.

Lonely and cold as I wandered through,

this life where you have been absent from me.

My love, I wish I could’ve held you…

My arms as your haven on those darkest nights,

when all you wanted was safety.

I wish I could’ve kept you in my sights,

Oh, how I wish you could’ve loved me.

Now the years are draining my youth,

and time, well, it passes me by.

This wrinkled face, my only truth…

that I shall soon die.

I’ll be there at that gate,

waiting, with love in my heart.

If only I’m not too late,

and you didn’t already get a head start.