Drowning Bereavement Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Chiming sounding into intellect, selecting tones to match
with words of beauty and their peaceful meanings.

Unfolding gently into minds of those who are drowning in
sorrow and bereavement, missing their loved ones throughout
the rest of their lives.

Tempting loneliness to walk into the deserts of their souls,
losing their way and not knowing what direction to take any
more.

Looking around, not recognizing life the way it used to be
when they were alive.

Now wandering aimlessly into uneven patterns of death's
rhythms, unceasingly, crying and sobbing, having nothing
else left in life to hold onto.

Yet, even their tears can't be held, because they must be
expelled and fall from their eyes, just another loss heaped
upon their abandoned souls.

Looking away from life, wanting just to be alone and never
be approached by another soul in life.

Never being the same again, as sorrow and grief take a part
of their lives, leaving them bereft upon lonely shores of
earth, no one to reach for or have them touch their hearts
in moments of timeless beauty.

Nothing to be held onto, giving up entirely in life's beings,
taking off and never coming back to their places, left only
in reality's depths of death.

Finally sleeping the restless slumber of bereavement,
awakening yet, thoughts of their loved ones, crying themselves
asleep and dying inside.

Hoping for someone to come along and take them to heaven's
edges soon.