One More Day Quotes

“If I could see you one more time,
I know just what I’d do.
Because all I’ve thought of since you left
Is one more day with you.

There are notes in every margin
About everything you’ve missed,
And with every passing day,
More gets added to the list.

I’d probably invite you
To do things simple and mundane,
Like walk to get a coffee
Or listen to the rain.

I’d talk about tomorrow
Like I know it’s going to come,
And for a few brief moments,
Everything would not feel numb.

I’d let you speak forever
And hear every word you say.
I won’t take it for granted,
Since I know you’ll go away.

I’d ask you all the questions
That I wish I’d asked before.
I’d tell you that without you,
I am not whole anymore.

I’d make sure that before you leave again,
You know the truth
About the very depths of the amount
That I love you.

Before we said goodbye,
I would hold you tight as ever —
The way you hold somebody
Right before they leave forever.

I’d say I’ll think of you
Every part of every day,
And you’d tell me it won’t be life
If I live it that way.

That you will be a part
Of everything I ever am,
That I need to move on
Instead of trying to understand.

And as our time ran out again,
I’d try to act real tough,
But no amount of time with you
Could ever be enough.

But I won’t see you just once more,
But again and again and again,
Because the day that I do not
Will mean I’ve found my end.

And even when that day does come,
I’ll see you that day, too,
Because the first person I’m looking for
Once I get there
Is you.”
― Josie Balka, Loves of Our Lives: Poems for hopeful hearts