I stand on the shores of my sorrow
and watch….
feeling out of body
as waves of emotion recede beyond sight.

All senses are hushed by preternatural stillness
and the refuse of my memories
litter the sandy bottom of an eroded heart.

I teeter between reality and the nightmare
that will soon crush my life’s core
Yet  
only moments before  
I heard the news…..

You are forever gone from this shattered world

I knew this day would come
But
was unprepared
for the devastation of my grief.