Waking Up Dead

Waking Up Dead

it hurts

to lose someone

you love…

…there are many

forms of loss…

loss through indifference

and ignorance

…loss through

unrequited love…

loss of a parent…a child

…a life-long friend

a kindred spirit…

it’s all lost in the end…

the all-consuming grief

that washes over your soul

when you lose your lover

your heart’s beat

is like waking up dead

day after day…

some may think it easier

to avoid friendship

commitment…

…love….

but they’d be wrong…

everyone we love

will leave or die

…unless we die first

but to avoid

forming friendships

to deny love

on the principle

that it hurts to lose

…well that is just

living in emptiness

….living in a void of nothingness

not living at all…

…I’d rather have love

and wake up dead

day after day

when that love

is taken away

…then have no love

at all….

sharonlee©

19/3/2011 3:44 PM