Loneliness overwhelms your soul
Rendering you helpless.
Everywhere you look
Brings forth another memory
Drawing just one more tear
As you realize they’re gone

You wish for one more day
One more hour
Even one more minute.
A lifetime of things
Still left to be said
And memories to create

Breath by breath
Our life goes on
Undaunted, yet changed forever
Tall and proud
We march forward
Determined to become
The person we are meant to be


I dedicate this piece and the word written above to a dear friend whom has just lost his father, having lost my Mother a number of years ago, I know how hard it can be and the overwhelming feelings that can come and go in a moments notice. I pray that him and his family are holding strong together and using each other for the comfort that they need. The picture is digital except the picture of my mother positioned on the mountain. This is the last picture that I have of her, and it was taken after we brought my son home from the hospital four months before she died. I still miss her and think about her daily even though we just passed the 12-year anniversary of her death. To my friend, and anyone else who has lost someone near and dear to them, all I can say is as long as you remember them, they will live inside you.