[More a song than a poem]
You never told me you were leaving
So when I woke up in the morning and you were gone
I just assumed you had gone out to get the paper
Like you always did
I woke up hummin our song
You neevr told me you were leaving
So half an hour later I didn't think anything was wrong
You'd just gone out for a walk or to the store
To get some milk
I turned the radio on
You never told me you were leaving
So when the radio announcer came
I didn't think that it was you
dear god
I just thought it was your name
Now the people offer me their sympathy
They say that they will miss you now
They tell me that they feel my pain
my pain
But I'll pull through somehow
They don't understand why I can't cry
And how can I continue to breathe?
But it just hasn't hit me yet
You would have told me if you were going to leave