By Mel N. Colley
We all experience
loss and
heartbreak,
which are so easily generated.
Many things
can be lost
that would shatter a heart:
A job
that was desperately needed,
in order to help a hospitalized mother;
A house
torn apart by a ravaging storm
that no one saw coming
and no one could stop;
A beloved pet
who was the only joy in
a lonely woman’s life;
A child
whose depression
a single mother failed to see;
A best friend
who went to the hospital for a stomach ache
when it was so much worse;
A father
who was killed
by a stray bullet from a distant gun;
And you,
who was the light of my life,
then the power went out.
Editor: Brennan Nick
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