For a moment

I feared I'd lost you.

For a moment

I feared you were gone.

For a moment

time stopped,

holding my heart captive;

I prayed neither would move on -

not without you.

For a moment

I was afraid

this would be the day

I would find myself

in a world without you -

a world without hope,

a world without meaning,

a world without love.

In that moment -

that awful, painful moment -

I realized

the deepest, clearest truth

of our love affair.

It was always me that needed you

It was always me that loved you

It was always me that cherished you.

It was me,

alone,

in that moment.

In that moment

when you were distant,

when you were angry,

when you were closing every door,

I realized

If you walked away from me now

If you left my heart broken and bleeding

If you left my eyes drowning in oceans of salty tears

I would still be alone.

But

I would miss you

every moment.