I miss the before

I miss the soft kisses of the rain

I miss the laughter in the before

I miss the love that I adored

Before I was on the desert island

Alone

Never held onto

How the rain falled

Never noticed

How much we laughed

Never valued

The love of others

Before I was on the desert island

Alone

Now looking back

To the before

I cannot remember

My mother’s laugh

I can remember

Her face, her voice

But her laugh is forever gone

Like footprints in the sand

I wish I could

Go back to the before

Before I was on the desert island

Alone

The sun can rise a thousand times

The tide can come and go

The memories can fade

But my will

Will forever grow

To go back to the before

Before I was on the island

Alone

In the distance

I see the before

I try to swim across the sea

But failure is my only company

I realize I cannot go

Back to the before

I am stuck on this island

Alone