Shadows Of Sorrows(The Unwelcome Guest) Poem by *Tony Cemaluk Egbuonu

You, the unwelcome guest,
Visiting uninvited, like thunder's roar,
Shattering happiness, and damping delight,
Leaving joyous memories to wither and fade,

Hope's terminator, a robot cold,
Executing victims with precision bold,
In allegiance to the wicked, you reign,
Honoring none, with masochistic pain,

Harbinger of doom, heralding the end,
Why target the breadwinner, the family's friend?
Shameless selector, sparing none,
Not even the innocent, nor the unborn,

Companion snatcher, leaving emptiness,
Stealing dear ones, and replacing with nothingness,
Daring death, with a pangless heart,
Yet, pangfully painful, a torn-apart,

In this dark dance, you lead the way,
A necessary end, for a glorious exit's sway,
But, oh, the pain, the sorrow, the tears,
When death's cold hand, wipes away the years,

And still, we search, for a reason why,
A glimpse of hope, in a darkening sky,
Perhaps, in death's darkness, a light will shine,
Guiding us through, to a peaceful shrine.'