The Last Smile

“The Last Smile”

I wanted to hold you, keep you here with me ...

but love sometimes means letting go

when the one you love has suffered too long.

Eleven years of fighting through the storm,

through endless nights when nothing felt warm.

I held your hand when the darkness came,

whispering hope through the tears and the pain.

We stood together where the shadows grew,

facing every battle that came for me and you.

And when the silence finally called your name,

you found your peace and escaped the flame.

Your final look was not fear, not pain,

no more battles, no more chains.

A smile on your lips, a peaceful goodbye,

your final wish, you chose the time to fly.

I wanted to hold you, keep you here with me,

to fight one more fight, to make you believe.

But love sometimes means letting go

when the one you love has suffered too long.

I let you go, but I still hold on

to the part of me where your love lives on.

Time won’t heal what mattered most,

it only teaches me how to carry your ghost.

I learned to live with the wound it left,

with every memory and every final breath.

And when the night comes closing in,

I feel your love beneath my skin.

Maybe somewhere beyond the stars,

there’s a place untouched by scars,

where every tear we ever cried

turns into light on the other side.

Until that day, I’ll carry you

in every dream, in all I do.

You are not just the love I lost,

you are the love that saved me most.

You walked away, but not from me;

you became the strength I cannot see.

Time won’t erase the mark you made,

or the love that never fades.

I learned to live with the wound inside,

with the part of my heart that went with you when you died.

And if the world forgets your name someday,

I’ll still be here...

loving you the same.