What Was Before


9-16-19
What Was Before

Emptiness fills
The void that
Was left by you

Sudden grief
Takes a hold
Of what was before

Memory recalls
Of times past
And moments gone

Echoing remembrances
Sustained within
Sorrow’s heart



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