After You

After you, I lost
my strength, my cheerfulness
and even my pride.
And I forgot the name of
my friends.

After you, I lost my life's
fragrance, my will to live,
the competitiveness and the drive.  

But after you I learned the genius
of tears and the healing cries.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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