A Mothers Grief

The tears that I have cried today, Are less than the day before. Fewer than the previous week, And I'll be shedding more. My tears, they come From grief, You see. For I am very sad, I've lost my oldest son, and now It it all keeps going bad. My son was taken way too soon I really wish he'd stayed To add to all the memories that we could have ever made. I won't get to see him get married, Or to truly fall in love, Or to hear his own child call him dad And look at him with pure love. My heart has broken open, And has spilled out on the floor Shattered in a hundred pieces, A thousand, or maybe even more I feel like I am dying From this pain I feel inside I am feeling broken, Since the day my baby died. Its gotten hard to function, To get through each new day, I don't know how I'll get through it, But I gotta find a way The emptiness I feel inside Is a hole I'll never fill My son would want me To go on, and so for him, I will. 12/20/2019