For Rod

(San Diego, CA)

Watching you slip beneath the surface
Connected to nothing, my voice quivers
Crying out to you
Lost, shattered, hollow soul.

The skies are dark and colourless
My future, an empty abyss,
Adrift in an endless storm
Of solitude.

Swept from this world,
You left me in an instant
To survive the unknown
Without purpose or meaning

A fate far worse than death
Drowning in the time that surrounds me
Days and nights
Without you.