Poetry

One Year (7/20/22)

And my foot still drifts across the bed
Searching
When the alarm wakes me

A vast expanse of cold sheets
Emptiness
Your warm body gone

And I wish that I just wouldn’t wake
Drift
Go find you waiting in the clouds

And we could be Ree and Jas
Forever
How it was meant to be

But instead I am stuck here
Lonely
A stranger to myself

And my smile and laughter feel
Forced
No sparkle in my eyes

My existence overwhelmed by
Sadness
All consuming sadness

Head and heart so heavy
Fighting
Trying to find some sliver of hope

One year
Gone
Too many more