Words on a page

Do they have as much meaning

As the thoughts and feelings they describe?

Can they ever do justice to

The heart-wrenching sensation

Of losing the one thing you ever

Truly loved?

Can they accurately color

The image of tears

As you walk away?

Can they enumerate the innumerable

Pressure points

Caused by your departure

Like thousands of acupuncture needles?

Brutal is life and loss

Maybe words are only there

To soften the blow

When recounting past events

To future generations

Or people who weren't present

To witness the distress

First-hand.