what a strange thing this mournful pain this longing for what and who we've lost for those who are gone to places we do not know cannot follow this heartache this broken hurt this bitter fruit we dare not let go a hollow sound an endless echo a voice haunting our every heartbeat and is it not above all beautiful by its own right its delicate necessity how through its pain we are also made comfortable to be reminded how fragile this life how little time we have to breath how fast our nights fade as if it all is but a dream a bubble about to burst nothing but ants marching towards starvation and one by one we go a cruel act of kindness to remind those left behind how precious how important how necessary it is to love