shining star

will these tears never end?

Shining Star

 

Over 70 sextillion observable stars

in the night sky and

now there is one more.

For you it must seem like they all have

been extinguished by one cruel

twist of fate.

 

He was yours...beloved

...your promise

...your future

...the chalice of your dreams

...a shining star in your life...

 

and now, he’s gone.

 

Life is a cruel puppeteer

and we’re his marionettes.

It gives and takes with no regard for our wishes

...like a petulant child

 

He was handsome...gifted...

He was the gleam in his father’s eye

and the apple of yours

 

...and now, he’s gone.

 

Don’t even try to see the sense in this...

you will only add frustration

to your grief.

 

How do you forget?

Will you ever forget?

How can you?

His memory is sconced...in heart...in memories

where he has always been and will ever be...

a constant source of laughter and tears.

 

How can we forgive?

Who DO we forgive?

There is no culprit here...although we want there to be

someone...something...to shoulder the blame for this.

something to point at and scream

 

...“YOU B*****D!”

 

But there is no one...nothing!

It isn’t right!

We all know.

He was a beautiful boy.

His future within his reach...poised to blossom and delight

as he always has done.

It isn’t right to be bereft

...for no good reason.

 

Is there no end to these tears?

Your eyes will dry.

Your grief feels like a raw and open wound!

You will heal.

How do you carry a weight that is so unbearable as this?

You carry it away...one piece every day

to where you keep your treasures.

 

It surely isn’t right that he has gone.

But, it wasn’t his choice...

or yours.

If any of us had to choose...

he would be here.

He is free from life’s uncertainty and, ironically,

...a reminder of it.

His life, now...another bright star in the sky

that shines down on us

as we continue our own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[just rose.]

sadly and regrettably, a universal theme. i don't know if there is any healing from this. there is just going on, and knowing ... that somewhere, beyond where we are, is peace.

[deeps]

very wise words here, wonderful write

[Willow B. Coldfeather]

These are great words to share with someone who is grieving.
The idea of a lost one shining down on us like a star in the sky is oddly comforting, at least for me; I love space. I really love the flow of this poem, and the emotion you create. A great piece of writing here.