Lost

I have a friend who lost her son some seven weeks ago

She's lost upon an ocean

Adrift upon a sea

Of loss and pain and sorrow

And quiet memory.

I have a loved one lost to me but she's not dead, you know

She's baking up some cupcakes

And entertaining friends

Decorating tables

Who knows how this one ends?

There is not one hour I do not long for her to one day show

We'd kill the fatted calf

And open up some wine

And live and love and laugh

The party would be fine.

He's gone but not forgotten

Dead but more alive.

I've an amputated family-

How will I survive?

My friend is looking forward,

But I am looking back...

I wonder how we got here-

How we got so off track.

I wonder how to fix it

I know they do not know

That I am dying slowly

Heavy-hearted as I go.