Alone He Weeps Poem by Debbie A Stevens

Late into the night
I can hear the tears
I can feel his pain
I share in his fears

We must close our eyes
We must sleep tonight
May the dawn of a new day
Soothe our hearts in daylight

I awake to his lonely weeping
a heart-wrenching outcry of pure grief,
slowly, emerging from his moment alone
now slightly composed, but certainly no relief

Today shall be as yesterday
keep moving, he can't keep still
if time's allowed to hang around
it means too much time for his lost soul to fill

How I pray for words to console him
I beg that my mother will send me a sign,
taken from us so unexpectedly
leaving a huge black void, in his world and mine

Alone, my father lives day by day
always busy, his key to survival in life,
from each daybreak until dusk
when again, he silently weeps alone for his wife