"I love you," she whispers softly.
She touches his face, then looks away.
He is so peaceful, so innocent.
Why was his life taken away?
Why was he never given the chance to dream?
Why was he never allowed to receive a diploma?
He was never allowed to finish his teenage life.
Friends look on, tears rolling down their faces.
His smile had touched each one,
His love, his life, would never be forgotten.
He meant so much to so many
Yet, he never really knew how much.
So many statements went unsaid,
So many feelings left unrevealed.
She looks again as they close the casket.
The words she whispers now,
Fall upon inhering ears.
She never told him the true feelings
She'd kept forever in her heart.
"I love you," she whispers again.
"I wish I'd told you sooner."
The casket closes and her heart skips a beat.
Her heart hurts and the tears fall.
A love left untold -- buried forever
