Work Text:
Five years out and the memory of you still haunts me.
The grief consumes me
and washes over me in waves
fresh as the day
you were cruelly ripped away.
Five years out and I’ve forgotten how to cry.
The pain of your loss immobilizes me
and fills my hollowed out being
but a piece of me broke
and ran dry when you departed.
Five years out and the burden of anguish threatens to crush me.
The agony of your absence is worn bone deep
and the weight that it bears down upon my being
makes me akin to Atlas
enduring the torment of your untimely exodus.
Five years out and I still miss you more each passing day.