Our Child

I still see your shoes by the door,
The ones you wore when you were four.
I can’t throw them out,
I can’t let go —
They’re all I have
Of the you I know.

I still hear your voice at night,
Calling softly through the light.
They say move on,
But I refuse —
How do you live
With this kind of bruise?

Our child —
Gone too soon, still everywhere.
Our child —
In every silence, you’re still there.
We carry you in every breath,
In every tear, in every death.
You were the best part of us both…
Our child.

I curse the stars that took you fast,
But thank the days that we had passed.
You laughed like fire,
You burned so bright —
Now I talk to the dark
Each night.

I kept your drawing in my coat,
The one with hearts and suns you wrote.
They say you're “in a better place” —
But mine was here,
Inside this space.

Our child —
Gone too soon, still everywhere.
Our child —
In every silence, you’re still there.
We carry you in every breath,
In every tear, in every death.
You were the best part of us both…
Our child.

We still set the table.
Still say your name.
We’re not healing.
Just surviving the flame.

Our child —
You’re more than just a memory.
Our child —
You live inside what’s left of me.
We breathe for you, we break for you,
We love, because we once had you.
You were —
You are —
Our child.