Does time muffle voices
of those loved and lost
lost seems the wrong word
though denial asks where they've gone
death is so finite for some
for others it taunts their sleep
compels them to wonder
wander through dark mindpaths
to glimpse the familiar
return those mutated to this realm
energy can't be destroyed
so it is said
the mourner's lifetime
spent reaching
reaching for some ether worn thread
to connect them back to the dead
dead
should be the word
the hollowing word
accepted
lost seems the wrong description
through thinning veil
speak to me
October
is soon to bleed
the mindpaths
of adapting to grief
though stumbled upon
are seldom easy
Poetry©Words Among Trees
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