some words for when there are no words
I wish I could take away this pain
the senselessness of your immeasurable loss
I wish the day could be done over
and life could go on
without the color drained out
I wish all your warm bodies
were home safe in bed
I wish you weren’t now being asked
to do the near-impossible:
to go on waking and walking
making breakfast and holding your children
convincing them that things will
one day be okay
whether or not you believe it
I wish you were bored with
the mundane certainty of tomorrow
rather than peering down
a dark tunnel of echoes
holding your racing heart
dreading what’s next
may rock strengthen you
water soothe you
air breathe for you
fire keep the light burning
in your chest and eyes
may all beings in your path
pause and reach deep into their pockets
to hand to you
some of their very own
extra fragments of hope
