This is a poem I wrote about my grandfathers funeral.
Black
Dresses for such a dark occasion
Everything so dark
Lack of color every where I look
Happiness gone, sadness so thick..
I can almost see it in the air.
Tears cover every face
Apologies from every person
Hearts are breaking
Loved ones missing
A piece of the world so suddenly gone
One less heart beating
Just one less..
A box
Known as a casket
Holding some one so loved
Some one so gone
No longer to see again
Eyes lay closed
As if asleep
Smile gone, so sad
It is only a shell
But such a reminder of the one lost..
You try to stay strong
Refuse to let a single tear escape.
You blink fast, holding them back.
Your face a hard stone.. lacking of emotion..
You block it all out, so it won't flood
So much waiting to bust out
Suddenly, so unexpected..
A single tear, slowly slides down your cheek..
You blink hard again.
How had one escaped?
That one tear..
Causes the wall to crumble...
With in moments your face is wet, your make up ruined.
Why wear make up to a place like this any how?
This is a place where tears roll free...
The walls are gone and loss flows away...
