Loss

Leaves a heart wandering, unfocused, longing

Grief is what overtakes the path

In unexpected places and waves

It comes in waves and crashes

Only to retreat to come again

It’s birth in its own way

To different life that that no longer contains

The one lost

Words

Lose meaning

Tears

Fall unnoticed 

All retreats

Behind a focus that can’t focus

And a pain that swallows

Face to face

With impossible 

And expected to navigate normal

Weeping tonight

For some friends that remain