missing a soul-
mate who left
this life with
a part
of your soul?
A soul-mate
who just up
and left all
of us back
here, to go
live amongst
the unliving.
No warnings.
No telltale signs.
Nothing to
prepare us
for this un-
expected exit,
but leaving
just the same.
When does the
connection end?
I mean, the end-
ing of simple
ties that bind...
like by-chance trod-
ding upon still
remembered
automatically hurting inside?
And when can you hear beautiful
music again, without remembering?
And when do you delete
your beloved's name, number
from your computerized
address list, or from the personal one
you carry around?
When can you hear your soul-mate's
fairly-common-name and not experience
sudden grief, pain?
And when does "true" reality set in?
To stop the momentary forgetting that your
special one is really gone?
When does my soul heal whole again?
In time, you say?
Bessie Williams Simmons
