A Time For Mourning

"Why do people have to die?"
"To make life important."

Consumed by sorrow
Eaten away by grief
In this period of darkness
Life offers no relief

Drowned in tears
Deaf from sobs
Often during life
Of loved ones are we robbed

Limp from hugs
Unresponsive to chatter
In this black vortex
Nothing seems to matter

Frozen to the spot
Swarmed with memories
As you cast the ashes far
Into God's eternal sea