Lost Without You

by Andrea Anderson

You left.

I should have seen the warning signs.

Things were so out of focus.

I paid you no mind, took you for granted.

Now I’m standing in darkness.

 

I’m lost without you

Own on the floor

Feeling for something

I need just a little more

To get me through the day.

 

With eyes open, I see nothing.

It gets easier with every passing day.

But I still want you. I still need you.

I wish with all my heart that you’d stayed.

 

I’m lost without you

Down on the floor

Feeling for something

I need just a little more

To get me through the day

 

Flashes in my dreams

You’ve come back it seems

But it’s just one of those games you play

I pick myself up, then you throw me down

Maybe I’ll survive without you, but. . .

 

I’m lost without you

Down on the floor

Feeling for something

I need just a little more

To get through the day

But you ran away

 

Andrea Anderson was born visually impaired. She is 20 years old and doctors are still trying to diagnose what exactly she has. She has a sister who is also visually impaired. They are both members of a VI group, which is where she got the idea for this poem. Her sister has lost some of her sight, and she wondered what it would be like to go through something like that. (Andrea thinks her vision is stable, although doctors tell her otherwise.