Autopilot

Categories: Bereavement

I seem to be on autopilot
Drifting through day after day
Most things have lost their interest for me
Ever since you went away.

I am told that life continues
I realise this is true
But everything has less meaning
Now I’m alone; without you.

They keep telling me time will gradually heal
Deep inside I know this is right
But the void at present I have in my heart
Never leaves me day or night.

I hope that soon I’ll be able to switch
From autopilot to flying again
Moving on to many new things, yet knowing
You are always with me in the plane.

Ruth Jessup