Losing someone is bad enough

Losing someone is bad enough
The immediate gap
The empty places
The missing words and hands and–
Self

I look around me and everything becomes
Before or After

This was when we were happy
This was when we had no idea
This was when things went wrong
This was when things went on anyway

But I think what's worse than the
Missing is the
Never again
The total finality of it all

The reminder that everything is leaving
Everything is going away
Even right now
Everything is changing