Sh-Ron Almeida
Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor
You left me broken hearted as you slept and eventually departed
Your soul was at peace while mine was in pieces
My family wept, begged, and screamed, wanting you to come back
My voice gave out with a cough and a hack
Collapsing on the floor, my body crippled with despair
A fractured mind and bleeding heart waiting to die
You said you’d stay with us forever
You promised you’d get better
But in the end, you lied.
Now I have nothing but regret and anguish
Two emotions I could never extinguish
Did you have a plan for us?
If that’s the case, you should’ve said something
Instead, you stayed quiet, ignoring the messages your body was sending
Refusing to listen or even understand
Now, you abandoned us
Your untimely death brought me nothing but anger, confusion, and most of all, pain
Like a sharp, stabbing knife in the spine
Like a barbed wire baseball bat swung against my head
Like an intense acid burning in my chest
Like a bullet to the shoulder
Like an arrow to the heart
That is what grief feels like