My heart lies heavy this morning
On learning of the death of a friend
Found lying on the living room carpet
No one knows the reason for her end
Only the other day we were chatting
There seemed nothing amiss
Now she is dead and gone
Her reward the heavenly bliss
Leaving behind a distraught partner
He'd returned from a few days away
He found her laying there, for all the world asleep
Poor man his heart is too heavy to weep
He is left bewildered and unknowing
The reasons for her death
Awaiting now on result from the lab
As to anything amiss with her health
Struck down with no warning
One minute here the next minute gone
Leaving us all in a state of shock
As happens when the grim reaper comes to knock
I can't help but wonder
How it is the mind is so full of grief
The mind in a state of cold numbness
Yet still able to function, nevertheless.
The turmoil of thoughts go round and round
Trying to work out the last minutes of her life
Pacing the floor in anguish
Too numb yet to feel the full force of the loss of his wife
He's too busy now with things that have to be done
To fully appreciate his loss
His mind so full of bewilderment
Unknowing the reason, unknowing yet the cost
He has no knowledge yet of the loneliness he will face
Or the anger at why she wasn't allowed to live
He has no understanding yet of the many floors he will pace
Of the torrents of tears he is yet to give
This poor man is just one of many
Who have to face death in their own way
But in the end it comes down to one man
Facing the rest of his life alone.
August 7the
In memory of Jacqueline Brown our neighbour who died sometime on the 6th August 2007.
