Afraid To Trust Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Life is constantly changing, death takes people we love,
the rest of us are left to grieve, life folding over in
an intense sorrow.

Sadness gathers all of us into an empty loneliness that
none can avoid, going to sleep, waking up, loved ones
gone, leaving us to wonder why it's happened.

Tears flowing endlessly, unable to stop them for our
grief is so intense, mind blankly going through motions
of living, not smiling.

Never feeling happiness or joy around us in other people
and children for we are so totally engrossed in feelings
and emotions that have gripped us so solidly.

Not letting go no matter what, stripping us of love that
we never thought would end, now floundering without it's
beauty and compassion.

Nowhere to turn, lying in beds of emptiness without our
loved ones, nothing can change things back to the way
they used to be.

We are forever alone and drowning in our tears of love
that we cry constantly, unable to reach out to anyone,
afraid to trust in anyone's love again, not wanting to
lose their hearts and souls when they too die.