When someone I love is gone
When someone I love is no longer here
an empty rocking chair
I don’t want to comb my hair
Making the bed can be a chore
When someone I love is no more.
And trying to stop crying
Lying on the floor
When someone I love is gone
Eyes sagging from a night, awake through the dawn
When someone I love is gone.
How can the world go on?
Yet it does,
And so do I-
But my breathing is shallower
For awhile
And the hollow in my heart is reflected in my eyes.
Others hurt just to look at me.
But at some point I realize that
even in darkness, the moon still reflects light from someone else’s day.
Others need me to be here-
To hear them,
To play,
To love them at least as much as I love that someone who is no longer here.
And I must bear witness to all that my someone is missing.
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