Beyond the Sunrise

by GregoryCody

The butterflies cry my name tonight,
harbingers of my final farewell...
yet forever they will lift the dawn
so that others may carry me on.
Upon their wings, I live eternal.

Trees stand hand in hand as they sway to silent air.
Tilted moon sits still...stares down upon my face;

Soft streams run down cheeks ~
cursive rivers drawing their names into the sand,
leaving behind dried reflections of the last 'I love you'.

I gaze into the eyes I gazed from as a child...
a stumble into the grass below as I twirl within my innocence,
the sensation of his first smile upon my back...
peeking over my shoulder to catch his pride.

I hear her initial laughter behind windows above,
the first time she sings my name home.

I looked down into the eyes of a smaller me ~
his eyes to mine...into his admiration...watching his hero realized.

I see the first glow of her hair,
the original reach of her small hand to mine;

I see my home, my family, my everything
and everywhere etched into my soul.

I grip now these wooden rails where my father had stood,
ready to be embraced in his arms once more.
I steady my racing doubts, calm my rapid breath,
for tonight fear holds place within my heart no longer.

My mind will find sleep upon pillows softer than it can reach.

My heart doesn't have the words...nor does any it seek
for it will speak "forever" within the pulse of every beat
...of everyone I knew.

Glowing haze of a tomorrow not meant to be seen
will soon drift up from under the farthest hilltop.

I must reminisce again...from beyond this new tomorrow,
must say goodbye before this beginning skips over my end.

The agony of lost direction: hopelessness drifts over my brow daily
as a cloud does the storm ~ pellets splash atop my forehead.

Friendships spread, fleeing faster than ripples to a lakeside.

Alien to comfort, stranger to contentment,
...imagine sleeping with your eyes wide open.

So many pointed fingers, so many unneeded tears will fall "I know "
if only my promise could nest under their hearts
as an ignited pyre shining light unto this bravest of campaigns,
or a summer pond reflecting this cancer...my fight
...its hunger
...my pain.

The ache of my absence would warm a bit within forgiveness.
They'd be aware "from above" of the loving arms awaiting their son.

These words seem to sing a lullaby everlasting
yet they are meant for but a moment away.
I say my eyes will indeed open with yours,
only I will awake to a sunrise behind today's.

The butterflies cry my name tonight,
harbingers of my final farewell...
yet forever they will lift the dawn
so that others may carry me on...

Father, follow their flight,
rising high ~ find my smile beneath the wind...
as I begin to begin my first everything again;
upon their wings I live eternal.

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This is a poem written about one of my best friends who took his life in 2010. He was the kindest person I've known and I miss him terribly, we miss him terribly. This is from his perspective standing behind his house. I hesitated posting this as I thought it was too personal but I think ultimately it helps keep his memory alive. This is meant to try and explain the pain he must have faced, the battle he endured. The last thing he would've wanted was to hurt anyone, so it must be said that I know he fought as hard as he could. It is a poem meant to steer those away from passing judgement. No one knows a person's pain or their threshold for it. I'm sorry this is so lengthy, but it needed to be. Thank you for reading.

The butterflies were the first to know he was gone that morning. Upon their wings he lives eternal...

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Beyond the Sunrise

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