Clouds, grey and foreboding hang heavy as my heart.
This unsculpted field of weeds and stone lays before me,
Watered by tears and sorrow,
Sadness of lost love, loss of cherished companions,
Lives sacrificed to the natural or tragic.
It matters not how or why to this pain so intense,
For with each thought of death the abyss broadens,
Taking miniscule pieces of us beyond.
Flowers once vibrant dry and blacken,
Bowing before their marble master in death.
Refreshed for a time, but soon forgotten,
Left to crumble and scatter in the wind.
Not for lack of caring or sympathy, but resign,
No more to pursue this self-torment and pity.
What good does it do for those passed,
Is not life to be walked amongst the living?
Leaving the dead to their eternal rest;
We will reunite with those beyond our touch,
One day, in the place of our faith,
Joined together in a future unknown.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dom DiFrancesco 
This touched my heart today, thank you for the beautiful yet sad words.
You are so welcome and I a glad that these words held meaning for you, that is such a compliment, thank you.
We are so isolated here on earth with no memory of our spiritual selves. Death returns us to what we really are. Beautiful write with all the emotion of separation.
Thank you very much for the wonderful comment, I truly appreciate it.
I very much love this. Every now and then I think about Bill – my friend who died last year. I mean i still think about him all the time (hell, I still run his company), but I have come to some place inside where I do not ache as much – but then there are those times when I get this sudden dose of reality – he is never coming back. I must say I do look forward to seeing him again. Going for a training run and talking to him
I know you miss him, but I am so glad that you are not in as much pain, you seemed to have so sad for a while. Yes, although he is not coming back, someday I’m sure that you will see him again as I hope that I get to see those that I have lost. Although I have to say that at present I am not in any hurry to get there. Thank you for such a nice comment Kimberly, you know how much I appreciate hearing from you.