I wrote this poem when trying to think of what to write to a friend whose child had died after suffering a long illness.
There Are No Words
There are no words
It makes no sense
This dreadful loss
Of innocence.
How can this be?
That life so pure
Could end so soon
And be no more.
His place was here
Beside his kin.
To share and love
And cuddle in.
How short his time
With us has been.
Cruel fate has taken him
Not yet a teen.
Just questions are left.
And anger, grief and tears.
We can't believe he's gone.
He's lost so many years.
He's gone to sleep
With peace for a cover.
To wait for us
In heaven, for his mother.
Think of his smile
When you miss him at night.
Keep a piece of your heart
For him, Forever, Sleep tight.