REALITY

APPLICABLE TO OLD AGE WIDOW OR WIDOWER

WHAT A CROWD!
WHAT A CROWD!
ON YOUR FUNERAL DAY!

MANY CAME !
MANY SAW!
MANY CONSOLED AND GONE!
WEPT AND WEPT
AND SOBBED!

AFTER FUNERAL
PERIPHERY CIRCLE
RECEDED AND DISAPPEARED!

DAY BY DAY
KITH AND KIN
ONE BY ONE
LEFT FOR DAILY CHORES!

AT LAST! AT LAST!
I AM ALONE WITHOUT YOU!
WANDERING HERE AND THERE!
REWINDING OUR MEMORABLE THOUGHTS!
GRIPPING MY MIND ALWAYS!

TEAR DROPS GATHERED
TO THE BRIM OF MY EYES!
SPILLED ON MY LAP!

YOU ARE SLEEPING
IN THE GRAVE THERE!
I AM COUNTING MY DAYS
AWAITING MY TURN HERE!