Warning: For Those Who Grieve

Photo by Ksenia Chernaya

There are no words 

To fill the void 

It is an endless sea 

Of missed communication

And broken opportunities

How do I move forward? 

How do I forget? 

How do I cry? 

Now that you're gone 

Your things fill the room, storage and my mind 

Vestiges of the life 

You left behind

For the first time 

Your not here to wipe my tears 

They fill the rims of my dry eyes

Bubbling to the surface

Like a pop can that was shaken 

And opened to soon  

Where is your shoulder to cry on?

Where can one go to find your love? 

The contour of your face 

Was the comfort that tired consciences rested on 

There are tangled grey wires 

At the base of my swollen red heart 

Unable to hold the contents 

Of a soul tore apart

It pumps the same 

But it aches different

It pleads for a love far gone

Begging for attention in a world 

That pays no mind 

How do I move forward? 

How do I forget? 

How do I cry? 

Now that you're gone

The mouth says, I'm well 

Fingertips text, I'm fine 

But deep down a stomach twisted in knots 

Burns with a throbbing

That only the grieving know 

When death darkens a humble doorstep

An unraveling spirit will gladly go home 

Let the white picket fence fade into the background 

Clouds hover in weightless air 

They appear and disappear 

As the light of a glistening dawn opens 

For those chained in the shackles of mourning 

Morning after morning freed from the torment 

Of a breaking heart that stays broke 



Love always, Esha 

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