Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, or anything that has to do with 'A Walk to Remember', except for this poem, of course.









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Last night I saw you crying

and that really made me scared

Only 18 , not ready to die

I am so unprepared



I think about it all the time

but there is nothing I can do

I'm not so scared of death itself

just scared of not being with you



But I want you to know that when I leave

it's not really goodbye

I know that this is part of the Lord's plan

But why, God, why?



Why do I have to leave you?

Why do I have to die?

Why does it have to be so hard?

Now I am starting to cry



I wanted to grow old with you

but those are useless dreams

My advice to you is to live while you can

for life is shorter than it seems.



Days turn into months

I feel lifeless inside

But I still have you, and I still have my faith

but they say I am about to die



I lay in bed , my body aches

I think I am about to go

You always try to be strong for me

but your weakness is starting to show





I reach for your hand with the strength I have left

and I see you are starting to cry

Tears blur my vision, you squeeze my hand

and my mind screams "I don't want to die!"



Landon, be brave for me, please

I'm going to a better place

In Heaven I will wait for you

For the day that I will see your face





"Someone tell me that this is just a dream,"

I think, as a tear fills my eye

I want to say so much, but I don't have time,

So, I love you, and goodbye.



~Jamie Carter