Look How They Shine For You

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah, they were all yellow.
I came along,
I wrote a song for you,
And all the things you do,
And it was called "Yellow"

"Hey..." I said, my breathe showing in the cold evening. I ran my hand across the cool surface of the grave stone, freshly cut flowers laid in front of it. I sat down, not minding the wetness of the grass. "I know it's a little late, but I got held up at work."

It wasn't an odd sight, seeing a twenty-something man in front of a grave talking to no one; not in a cemetery at least. There was an old couple in front of someone's own grave, an old friend, a lost son. We all had our fair share of loses.

"Today, Karen yelled at me for placing the cups in the wrong order. It's Starbucks, man, who cares?"

Your skin,
Oh yeah your skin and bones,
Turn into something beautiful,
You know, you know I love you so,
You know I love you so.

"If you were still around you would've hit me over the head for saying that..." I laughed, maybe not from the heart, but a laugh nonetheless. "I know how much you cared about order and all that bullshit."

A child not too far away was laughing and I could hear a mother trying to hush him saying something like, 'You're disturbing the boy over there.' The kid wasn't. She loved the sound of children's laughter.

I swam across,
I jumped across for you,
Oh what a thing to do.
Cos you were all "Yellow",
I drew a line,
I drew a line for you,
Oh what a thing to do,
And it was all "Yellow."

I sighed, putting my hand behind me to hold me up as I leaned back. "We all miss you, you know. Karen, Daniel, Savannah, Aidan, Matt... me. We miss you. We were talking a while ago about that cruise that we were planning to go on a few years ago, we were thinking of trying to go next year; you would love it.

"I can't remember the last time we talked about that stupid cruise, but I remember how much you smiled. I remember your laugh. I'll bring you something back, if we ever do go on it that is."

And you know,
For you I'd bleed myself dry,
For you I'd bleed myself dry.

"It's stupid, I know, but I would give anything for you to be here right now. It was supposed to be me on that stupid trip to the shop, not you. It was supposed to be me who got hit by that damn truck. I'm sorry." A couple of tears came and I moved forward to wipe them away. "It's all my fault, if I hadn't been so lazy that day, you could have been with us still today."

A warm breeze came from nowhere and I looked up. "Shut up." I said even though no one had said anything - I knew it was her. "Let me blame this on myself, I have the right to grieve."

It was dark now, the sun had set at the moon was up. A few stray stars where shining and I knew the cemetery would be closing soon.

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And all the things that you do.

"The stars are out." I said, finally. "Remember when you wanted to be an astronomer?" I smiled to myself, a real genuine smile.

"Isn't it nice? Getting to stay out here under the stars all night that is. I know you love it, just like how you love everything." I got up from my seat, brushing off any grass that might've stuck onto me. I started walking back before turning around again.

"These stars... they're shining for you." I whispered, before leaving once more.