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LESSON ON THE PASSING
I felt the warmth
Leaving her hand
While she stared
Silently at the ceiling
It was then I learned
That tears cannot express
What is in the heart
The true depths of sorrow
For tears only wet the sheets
And leave behind a bitter salt
Sobs echo off deaf walls
And only wake the living
The lesson learned that day
For mother, sister, daughter
Wife or friend, is that
Forever is an eternity
