Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Added Loss By An Awareness

She had passed and was grieved by her sons
With her flesh broken, her husband then said
If she isn't here, I'll refuse to breathe any air
That has not spent time filling her lungs
Relentless was the mourning of the loss, alone
He wanted to take her place instead
Offered it to God and oblivion
Our existence upon this planet is shared
One world between us all, laughing, crying
With one world to feed us, to be our home
The loss of one, diminishes us, a tragedy
The loss of life, is an inevitable event
A catastrophe of sorrow, awareness
Of just what each life has meant