I lay in a bed for two.
Your warmth beside me gone.
Only pale ghosts flicker, slipping
through memories mind.

Of your gentle breathing in the darkness.

No hand to hold
beneath sheets that embalm.
No lips to stroke
with the mornings smile.

To caress the day awake.

Will you haunt me forever,
unbedded wife of mine.
Can sleepless ghosts die,
at the hand of another love

Will you lay there forever,
next to me.
Like a sentinel - waiting
To steal all love from
my heart.