Dear Ian

I could see your darkness
I know it myself sometimes
Isolating
Suffocating
So real that nothing else can compare
It starts small
Appearing in small ways
Tears
Fears
The darkness makes your heart its lair

One day you woke up
And it was gone
Light
Fight
You'd thrown it all away
You screamed goodbye to the world
In silence
Alone
Home
You left me behind that day

For you the fight is over now
You are finished
Free
See
You've gone forever home
And I will miss you for that forever
And ever I will
Sad
Mad
You forgot you were never alone

But for me, I must carry on
The best I can
Heart
Start
Afresh, learning from your loss
I don't know what I'll do without you
I loved you
Broken
Unspoken
My heart forever embossed

From now, a soldier for the weak
Those like you
Silent
Violent
Disposition in their lonely heart
Make me a voice for the brave
Rendered mute
Strength
Length
Undaunted, I say forever from the start.