Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Wednesday's Woe - ~Death Changes Everything~ - Poem by TeriAnn Sargent






Wednesday's Woe


~Death Changes Everything~


Poem by TeriAnn Sargent





So many lonely nights just struggling to survive


death takes you to places you've never been...


It destroys all your plans and dreams


it takes away your reason for seeking joy


your reason for believing in the future




Years may roll by...


but never a time will come


for your heart to heal and move on...


Death chains what is left of your heart


to that one single moment in time


...and it never lets go




Death steals away a love


you just can't live without


leaves an empty parody


of what you used to be...


Your body lives in the physical realm


but your heart and soul are lost


to another time and place




It's not about the love you still have


for that is cherished as it always was...


It's about the life that is gone


the part of yourself


you have to exist without




when death steals your child it also steals...


a brother or sister


an uncle or aunty


a nephew or niece


a grandson or granddaughter


a cousin


a Godfather or Godmother


a friend


a colleague


a son or daughter-in-law


your future grandchildren




Death steals whole futures


and leaves you with only the past




Pictures and objects


and love in your heart...


Memories to treasure


from which you'll never part




All these...


for long lonely years


you have to make last




~TeriAnn Sargent ©2011

(Grieving mother of Jarred Sargent)






Thank you to TeriAnn Sargent, a fellow grieving mother, for her gracious permission to share her poignant grief poem with you.










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Poem, ~Death Changes Everything~ thanks to TeriAnn Sargent, grieving mother

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