Without you my dear, I am nothing and no one,
You made me the person that I am today,
Reminding me of who I eventually want to be,
Without you, I am carcass waiting for the vultures.
As I smell the acrid stench of your body burning,
So do my hopes and dreams I had for my future,
A broken arm, yet I’m still feeling phantom pains,
Your passing is not an easy toll to bear, my dear.
I will always beg and crave for you with every molecule,
A brave soul who didn’t hesitate to stand up for us all,
To everyone who needed it, so just and fair,
I will always miss you, my basic human rights…
Note: It is an elegy that was inspired because of the overturning of the Roe V. Wade bill in the US yesterday which ends the constitutional right to abortion.
Wow, sad and true to reality.
Agreed. Sad, haunting, hits close to home.
Well written.