No Exceptions Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Sending messages to and fro, beginning and ending
tears and sorrow through the grief of loss.

An urgency of essence, wanting to crawl away,
hiding forever from the effects of it's loneliness
and abandonment.

Searching for answers, wanting to perfect life,
using only happiness to do so.

Yet life just won't allow it to be done in that
way, wanting only to have it's own way always.

Leaving us to fend for ourselves, wallowing in many
tears, salted with the loss of those we have loved.

Misfortune of human nature dealt to one and all of
us throughout our lives, no exceptions seeming to be
allowed.