Without
The sun descended and his heart grew cold.
There were no sympathy cards to unfold.
Vacancy held a former lover's face.
A funeral's closure never took place.
Rapidly released from my hopeless clutch
were his voice of promise and tender touch.
No longer would his mighty hand hold mine.
Never would we create a new bloodline.
His body was cast into the unknown,
severed from my sight, while inside I'd groan.
Shunned by his family, I would lament,
losing his friends also without intent.
Contemptuous slurs and degradations
replaced needs for hugs and consolations.
Every edge we trekked, did grief not matter
without cremated remains to scatter?
4-16-2021
Rhyming Couplets Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Janice Canerdy
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