Loss Is

Loss is feeling everything All at once While you stand there feeling numb. Loss is having electric pain Shoot through your system As your heart stops in place. Loss is feeling An inescapable scream Rise from inner depths of immeasurable pain. Loss is having your soul Ripped from your body As it chases one that’s leaving. Loss is missing a chunk of your heart That was torn out between seconds. Loss is there tomorrow. Loss is here today. I woke up again believing Only to be reminded of my pain. Loss holds your hand In the back of your mind As you lay there in your screaming. Lost is your voice. Lost is your smile. Lingering is your scent, Though I’ve gone a thousand miles— And you weren’t there for one of them.