No Breath of Joy

February 9, 2023 ~ JezzieG

No Breath of Joy
Form: Free Verse

one candle lit
set apart
for my tears will not apologize
I am dead but alive

no amount of time can pass
from this anniversary to the next
the heartless effects of years bring no ease
no air, no breath of joy

AIDS stole my heart that day
a year ago
I can’t hold you anymore
my adorable son
arms like my heart
empty

written for a friend, with love, published with their kind consent

©JezzieG2010

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I am a freelance writer and poet and started writing after raising my two boys as a way of discovering just who Jez is. That is still very much an ongoing project but the journey so far has introduced me to many wonderful friends and fellow writers through an ever-growing love of poetry. View all posts by JezzieG