There’s a breaking in my heart
It’s one I cannot contain
A crack that’s ever widening
Blackness filled with pain
I grieve forever for his soul
When it pours it reigns
Prominently, purposely
Etched upon my brain
Not
a lover, not a friend
A mentor, maybe so
Slowly probed my mind
He did, to let my lifeline
flow
Jigsaw puzzles of the past
Seeking to be whole
One and then another
Reaching closer to the goal
I
read the letter carefully
Again and then again
My brain began to burn like
fire
I could not comprehend
The meaning of the prose
The simple strokes of
fountain pen
Began to fade like photos old
No beginning just: The End
I
should have been the one to leave
My
life the one in jumble
Instead he put a shotgun to
his head
Pulled
the trigger, did not fumble
A shot so clean, so accurate
A man so wise and humble
Closed the book, though miles
away
I heard the volume tumble
There’s a breaking in my heart
It’s one I cannot contain
A crack that’s ever widening
Blackness filled with pain
I grieve forever for his soul
When it pours it reigns
Prominently, purposely
Etched upon my brain
