An afternoon filled with anguish
The dark sky with dull clouds
couldn’t have portrayed it differently
A room once filled
with liveliness and radiance
Now drowned
with bleakness and misery
I glanced at the lifeless body of the man
lying on the floor;
A body, once full of life,
now as cold as ice
Encircled by those
who cherished
and loved him
The ambience around him
sent beams of sorrow into my heart
Excavating from my youth,
precious memories of him
As I recalled,
The times we stayed up
till past midnight
cramming for tests
The jokes we made
to relieve our stress
The genuine smile on your face
when we accomplished things together
The times we celebrated
birthdays and graduations
The times we grieved
over setbacks and tribulations
But now you left me
grieving
all by myself
The time has come
For us to be apart
For me to let go For the last of us