Your loss weighs heavy

like a cloth dampened by a thousand tears

imprisoning your shattered soul in a prison of endless grief

And I, helpless and confined, desperately seek a way

to write a different ending



But when reality suffocates hope

and that which is done cannot be undone

I put away my pen and push away the paper

for sometimes words, even in their awesome power,

cannot circumnavigate fate



Your loss weighs heavy

like a thousand stones crushing a delicate butterfly

pulling the light from your eyes, pebble by pebble

And I, committed and true, lay down my broken net

to wrap my loving arms around you



Because words are sometimes not enough

and sometimes emotions must come

from simply being

today I will sit by your side and

share your tears



photo: Pixabay



prompt: Madverse 642