Wednesday, 19 January 2011

1 of 3 : WITHOUT

by Carole Stolz, 19th January 2011

She died,
a long slow death of tiredness and weeping
cold creeping into her bones,
love seeping out of her heart, her existence, her being.

Seeing only Hopelessness drawn as a painting before her eyes
she cries into the pillow...
Heightened sensations born of despair, tear her apart.
   No taste for the future
      No sight of a rainbow
         No hearing of music
            No feeling of tenderness...
just his smell,
   he is everywhere,
      but mostly in his pillow.

As a weeping willow throws out long roots, destroying all foundations
So her mourning destroys all that was good in them.
Will her tears wash away
  even that last presence
   - his essence still with her?
   - despairingly close in his pillow.
Holding him to her face, she traces the scent of her memories,
Praying her tears won't weep away this last connection.

Hopelessness...
   a breathing death,
      a living grave.

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