I Refuse To Be Comforted

I hear voices now and again Of losses of a beloved dear wife So false and true to believe in vain I remember her scent and our life O how this sorrowful news sharpens I refuse to be comforted Because she's no more I want no condolence Do not even come this near to share my grief She will never come again I am afraid to know what happened to her I do not want to see what caused her departure I am bitten and those snakes have run away leaving with me only an angry wound I have a reason to cry I refuse to be comforted I am worthy to follow I do not belong here anymore there is where everyone belongs this heart is scratched and smashed with thorns and electrified and thrilled with nails I feel tightened to the ground where I belong Until the soil swallows this being This is easy and hard to live by To enter and to leave my life I refuse to be comforted I hope no more I will not believe if not for death alone