Sudden

With a snap of the fingers, The drop of a hat, A life can be altered And that will be that. Though positive changes May happen that way, It’s mostly the bad things That heavily weigh. For something that’s sudden That no one expected Casts ripples of grief To each person affected. Yet life must go on In an alternate way, Though survivors remember The terrible day That divides all their lives Into two equal parts – The before and the after, When sufferance starts.