Wait …

The trouble is

I can’t seem to catch up

Suddenly I’m all alone

Wondering where everyone

All the moments

The laughs

The hugs

The curious hours

Have disappeared

And become … today

~

I read about a tragedy

In the morning

A young life

Loved, cherished, understood

Swept away

On a sheet of ice

So sudden that only

The initial thoughts of the day

Remained in her mind

And then … gone

~

I wonder how I got this far

While I can recall

Countless mentors

Years younger than I

Found a path

Undecided upon

Yet certainly guided

Towards with a reasoned

Outcome, shocking,

And helpless …

~

I wish upon a sheltered and safe ground

How love described sing sweet sounds