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Could you have known?

In such a short time

Tragedy impacts so many lives

The weight of a soul

Cannot be lost

Energy back to the great reservoir

The burden may not

Become any less

For all of those left behind

Cruelty is blind

Not malevolent

There is no blame to assign

Death is just one ending

To open a beginning

But do not let them tell you what is next

It’s hard to find comfort

From words in the dark

When there are they

That don’t make it home

The very worst hour

Of hollowness

Was standing alone in an empty…… room

Do not let the pain take you

Somewhere you cannot return