Undone by tribulation
Ties are forever frayed
Strewn about the hollow earth
Drained into the void
Where parting words dissolve

Loving farewells
Bitterly depart
Leaving nerves to quiver
And warm marrow to freeze

We never fully defer
In our upward paths
Far away from the fallen forms
We’ve held dear in their prime

The quiet and unraveled
Reconvene
Time after time

In the pitiless chill of solitude
With the warm affections
We’ve always known