I Live

What is a mother whose child dies?

              Is she a mother still?

              Is she a bereaved shell?

She is that mirage laughing and walking beside you, just going through the motions

              She. Lives.

My heart silently screams;         

All day, all night:

              “WHERE ARE YOU?!!?”, it cries.

              “I WANT YOU!!!”, it bellows.

              “I….MISS….YOU!….”’ it dies.

My heart incessantly wails,

              The loudest quiet never reaching an ear:

“How many times can one heart be broken

before it becomes dust?”

              Incapable of feeling

              Absent of love

My heart breaks countless times every day

              -stifled thoughts never shared

              -missed jokes you’ll never tell

              -your beautiful smile unseen

              -your cold hand unheld

I die day after day because you’re not here

But the earth pays no respect,

              The sun still shines,

              The fucking flowers grow

And there it is; “God’s” hideous, sarcastic joke:

              I…..LIVE.

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