"One More Day" - A Poem about Loss

TRIGGER WARNING! - This Poem references the loss of a loved one.

All I want is one more day,

Is that too much to ask,

Is it too hard for you to do,

Too complicated of a task,

So instead I have to sit here,

My emotions hid by a mask,

As I sit here in my own thoughts,

Gently sipping on my flask,

All I want is one more day,

One more hour or minute you can spare,

All I want is just a moment,

To have my person there,

To have them sit on my lap,

Right here on this old chair,

But instead my lap is empty,

Instead my lap is bare,

All I want is just a moment,

Or a memory at least,

Just one last meal together,

Make it special and have our last feast,

But instead I lie here crying,

Here mourning over the deceased,

I would kill myself tomorrow,

If I could see them once again,

Or travel back in time,

To the way things were back then,

When we were so innocent despite the world around us,

I just want them one more time and I promise I'll make a fuss,

All I want is one more day,

A moment with them around,

Yet here I am instead,

Smiling at the memories buried in the ground.