The weeping widow-12/31/14
Emily Sturgill
The Weeping Widow
She always is in a state of
emotional disarray, turmoil, nothing
can change or stop this
it never goes away.
The Weeping Widow
She is often at her wits end,
constantly in mourning
grieving each and every lost
relative or friend.
The Weeping Widow
relives each death like a cassette
tape on the rewind.
It is the only thing she focuses
on, her mourning, their deaths, her pain.
I watch her go through these moments
almost daily.
It’s obvious to me, she clearly needs
therapy, yet she refuses to go.
I am so unsure why Death
has such a huge hold on her,
but it does and she will not let it go.
It seems like everyday on our calendar is
a reminder-to her-of the death of someone
She once loved and lost,
she turns to me
confides in me
constantly
but I am unable to bear this burden
her cross
her loss.
I cannot replace who is missing-
all I can do is offer to listen.
And then there comes this sharp ended
point where I cannot hear it anymore.
The Weeping Widow
relives each death like a cassette
tape on the rewind.
It is the only thing she focuses
on, her mourning, their deaths, her pain.
I watch her go through these moments
almost daily.