Why?

~Tonight I lay alone my bed

you be my every thought my head~

~I close my eyes be that to sleep

to find myself in tears of weep~

~I hear the whisper in the wind

the sound be pain my cry within~

~The chill imbues my room in gloom

be that the cold within a tomb~

~My bed like that a casket be

alone I lay be only me~

~I look my window to the sky

and ask my God be Heaven why~

~You were my heart my very soul

my life be that my all I know~

~I miss your touch your tenderness

the sweet your kiss I reminisce~ 

~The warmth your body close to me

the way you filled my heart in glee~

~My soul now empty my heart in cry

you were my strength my reason why~

~My every wake be day and night

I pray again you be my side~

~If that be Heaven I welcome death

with you my mind be last my breath~

~Be once again your sweet embrace

forever be in full of Grace~

Duke Sherman