That In This World There Is An Empty Space,

Underneath the weight of knowledge learned I seem to be reduced and paralysed For I had thought the painful loss would turn And fill me with his love unpetrified. For a moment, we may often ask When sudden shock invades the human heart But "give me years" makes tangible the task The grieving must not end before it starts That in this world there is an empty space, Never to be filled but lived beside Makes some feel rage;afflicted by disgrace Makes the themes of grief and pain elide. I feel inert like marble on a beach Light and absence will my sad heart breach..