A Poem About Missing Someone
A poem inspired by the song "Never Forget"
from Murder on the Orient Express.
Some songs stay
long after the film has ended.
You leave the cinema,
you go back to your life —
and something keeps playing
somewhere behind your ribs.
This one did that to me.
The Poem
Tell me that my tears
can touch the hands of time
and lead them back
to a moment
when there was still an us.
Would you stay
if I asked you to?
Would you kiss my cheeks,
whisper in my ear,
and put a smile
back on my face?
Even if it's all
in the past,
could you stay with me
in the now —
forever?
I love you.
And they say
love never dies.
You are everything
I ever dared to hope for.
Unforgotten.
Irreplaceable.
Written forever
into my heart
from the moment
our souls touched
here, in this lifetime.
When you showed me
who you really were.
When I saw your heart
and loved your soul.
And now
the laughter of yesterday
is reborn
in every tear of today
that falls down my cheeks
only for you —
like a river
filled with peace,
love,
and memories
that can never
be erased.
We are never alone
as long as we think
of one another,
beyond the limits
of time and space.
All those days,
unforgotten.
Lost,
and yet reborn
in every memory
that returns.
Hold me
with the love
that never fades.
The love that protects me
even in the darkness
of true loneliness.
Because love
is forever.
About The Inspiration
A while ago I watched Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express.
Rarely has a film moved me so deeply.
A story where justice and morality, heart and reason begin to blur —
carried by a deep melancholy, and yet, somewhere on the horizon, a small light of hope.
Almost as if the train itself were travelling towards a future
where wounded hearts might finally be allowed to breathe again.
And then there was "Never Forget".
Sung in the beautiful voice of Michelle Pfeiffer,
with music by Patrick Doyle and lyrics by Kenneth Branagh.
It stayed with me long after the credits had rolled.
So I wrote this poem.
For the people we have loved.
For the moments
time cannot give back.
And for the love
that somehow remains.
Some people leave our lives
without ever leaving our hearts.