Old Man Mourns
I came upon an old man to himself talking
None around only it seemed at first
He looked down I noticed as he cursed
At no obvious thing for anyone to see
Then I too thought as all,"he must be crazy"
As he never allowed his stare to stray
I wondered what made him this way
Finally now within my view
After most peoples curiosity grew
A passer-by states out loud
He's lost , his heads in a cloud
It's his wife's picture his eyes now glazed
Tortured from the loss his soul is hazed
She's gone now,(I later find)
Another like her, never! She's one of a kind
Sadly he carries her picture around
Soulmates with her he's been bound
He can't seem to move on nor get past
Because for him these ties eternally will last
The things he yells and curses her for now
Questions of abandonment of them,...HOW???
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This Poems Story
Thinking back to how long my grandma lasted after my grandfather died. She died with him that day and nobody truly ever saw it. Until she became ill and expressed her longing to be with him again.
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