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After the Funeral

After the Funeral
David J Walker

So,
I really am alone
Aren’t I? 
I mean without you and
Those who filled in the 
Space left out at home or
College

You let me in and 
I read you like a book 
Hungry for every word
Savoring the knowledge meant
To be spent on someone else’s life

Never anticipating the
Unplanned endings
Now lost trying to remember 
The beginnings of a 
Sad eulogy 

Anyway,
The world is not the same and
Not just because you are gone
But because of the changes 
You would not have to bear

These sad days remind me of
The rain softly falling like the tears
Of the first funeral as a pallbearer
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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