In black and white today
Written were the facts
Of an uncanny end
Felt the reader dismay
No compassion to lend
Suspended forgotten soul
Remains now recovered
Amongst arbeal chambers
Spade a deep hole
Inter the mortal remanders
A fault of finite fate
Amongst the weeping pines
Her loss is the reader's loss
Disturbed by her lonely ligate
Her fresh blanket of moss
It makes me weep
To count so many lost
Their creativity buried
Ne're to rouse from sleep
Too late, her soul is carried
For pallbearers are somber
Ritualistic silence uncomforting
A temple not a sanctum
Her death's decaying slumber
Reality of life distorting
Like a log to the fire
No restoration in store
For residual cremains
Ashes empty of desire
Only uselessness remains
Heed this desperate call
Give hope to the stray soul
Show a life of purpose
Lift up the dismal pall
Administer happiness in healthy dose