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Your voice has gone silent, the echoes have faded.
The light of your eyes is forever, now, shaded.
I’m left with a great gaping hole in my heart,
While my life endures, we have been thrust apart.

The tears well up thickly and my vision blurs.
I have trouble breathing, the problem recurs.
You must be in bliss, that’s my hope and belief,
But now I must stagger, alone with my grief.

We stole priceless hours and shared a pure joy,
But such are the flowers one frost can destroy.
The joyous sweet time that we shared was a boon
I was not prepared when the bill came so soon.

Your life was so fraught with such burdens and pain,
I begged God to help you, and that could explain
That when your health failed you, He moved mercifully
And bore off your burdens, and thus, you from me.

I yet still look for you, but foolish hopes fail.
I still so adore you but no pleas will avail.
Your sweet call of greeting has, with you, departed.
No more joy in meeting, I sob, broken-hearted.

I'm reft of your beauty, your enfolding arms,
I live (life is duty); bewail your lost charms.
You would not desire my anguish and pains,
But with ev’ry breath, this grim torment remains.

Mortality stalks us from long before birth.
Our human life balks us, and thrusts us from Earth.
We are born to die, simple reason tells me.
I think, ‘she is dead’ and writhe in agony.

I lurch along, numb, others need me, it’s true.
Your voice is struck dumb. You do not come in view.
My heart, mad to join you, throbs trapped in its cage.
I am so forlorn, too—but riven in rage.

Hope withers, no nourishment in empty spaces.
I shrink from your haunts, they’re now haunted places.
Kind friends proffer comfort, and offer their ears,
But nothing can stem the warm flood of my tears.

I dared speak of feelings you said you returned.
The warmth’s left in ashes, my outstretched hand’s burned.
I huddle in silence, too raddled to groan.
My love’s dead by violence, and I am–alone.

Description
Your voice has gone silent, the echoes have faded.
The light of your eyes is forever, now, shaded.
I’m left with a great gaping hole in my heart,
While my life endures, we have been thrust apart.

The tears well up thickly and my vision blurs.
I have trouble breathing, the problem recurs.
You must be in bliss, that’s my hope and belief,
But now I must stagger, alone with my grief.

We stole priceless hours and shared a pure joy,
But such are the flowers one frost can destroy.
The joyous sweet time that we shared was a boon
I was not prepared when the bill came so soon.

Your life was so fraught with such burdens and pain,
I begged God to help you, and that could explain
That when your health failed you, He moved mercifully
And bore off your burdens, and thus, you from me.

I yet still look for you, but foolish hopes fail.
I still so adore you but no pleas will avail.
Your sweet call of greeting has, with you, departed.
No more joy in meeting, I sob, broken-hearted.

I'm reft of your beauty, your enfolding arms,
I live (life is duty); bewail your lost charms.
You would not desire my anguish and pains,
But with ev’ry breath, this grim torment remains.

Mortality stalks us from long before birth.
Our human life balks us, and thrusts us from Earth.
We are born to die, simple reason tells me.
I think, ‘she is dead’ and writhe in agony.

I lurch along, numb, others need me, it’s true.
Your voice is struck dumb. You do not come in view.
My heart, mad to join you, throbs trapped in its cage.
I am so forlorn, too—but riven in rage.

Hope withers, no nourishment in empty spaces.
I shrink from your haunts, they’re now haunted places.
Kind friends proffer comfort, and offer their ears,
But nothing can stem the warm flood of my tears.

I dared speak of feelings you said you returned.
The warmth’s left in ashes, my outstretched hand’s burned.
I huddle in silence, too raddled to groan.
My love’s dead by violence, and I am–alone.