A Friend's Loss Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Strumming the harp of intense sorrow as it tugs at his
heart incessantly.

Keeping awake with floods of tears, soaking pillows
nightly with the love of a loved one.

Thoroughly bereft and falling into the circumference of
despicable life, lost and forgotten, love having left
for another horizon, one where there is no way to follow.

Shrouded in darkness, taking away even a soul by insistence
of death's remaining heartbreak.

So lonely, abject, forlornly seeking the solace of suicide,
wanting not to live another minute without her smile and
look of love for him in her eyes.

When death comes and grabs the being of your entire life
and affection, what is left?

Nothing.

Life departs from a being also, paradise has been lost
forever and here he is, standing on empty shores of
tomorrow, no hopes left to begin again.