Echo

Loss

In fleeting moments, joy breaks through,  

Yet shadows linger, sadness too.  

I feel the weight of your absence near,  

A silent echo that I hold dear.  

I shed my tears, sometimes for me,  

For those I've lost, who used to be.  

My son, my sister, my brother, my kin,  

My grandma, my husband—where to begin?  

I reached for them when times were tough,  

Sought their laughter, their warmth, their love.  

But now the silence stretches wide,  

A space where memories and heartache abide.  

I know they dance in skies so bright,  

In realms of joy, in purest light.  

Yet part of my spirit left with each one,  

A bond that lingers, though their time is done.  

It’s not just sorrow that I bear,  

But a physical ache, a weight of despair.  

Still, I hold close the moments we shared,  

The laughter, the love, the times when we cared.  

The spirits are with us, they never stray,  

Whispering jokes in their own special way.  

But oh, the loss of a warm embrace,  

The human touch, the familiar face.  

We'Oow'eht'neen, my heart feels the strain,  

In this world without you, I carry the pain.  

Yet I find strength in the memories we made,  

In the love that endures, though our paths have swayed.