New Pain of Loss
A wish, faint and fading, brings tears to eyes;
a wish we know cannot come true.
Life suddenly can bring a dark surprise
that breaks our human hearts in two,
and suffering for all begins anew.
His lovely, younger sister passed last year,
nine months ago...pain still not healed.
Now, younger brother heading there...we fear
prognosis for his passing, sealed...
the plunge into no hope...no cure...revealed.
My dearest husband, oldest of the three,
says he, with death, should bear the curse...
be number one to leave the family;
the order should have been reversed...
those oldest rose petals, from stems, fall first.
This fading wish to heal will not be met;
new pain of loss he soon must face.
As oldest, left alone, he feels regret
both siblings' time he will outpace...
the void within his soul, with pain, embrace.
Sandra M. Haight
~3rd Place~
Contest: Let Your Pen Drip
Sponsor: Broken Wings
Theme Chosen: 'a wish faint and fading'
Words to include: suffering plunge rose soul
Judged: 05/22/2018
True...
Copyright © Sandra Haight | Year Posted 2018
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