A sweet smell filled the air.

The rushing wind flowed through my hair.

The sun beat down upon my face.

But I found no joy--not a trace.

"Run!" my mind screamed. "Go as far as you can!"

I just wanted an escape; I had no plan.

In a moment, my world had shattered.

What I once knew, now was scattered.

My entire life flipped upside down.

My only desire--to leave town.

She was gone--I wasn't ready to face it.

Left with an empty black hole; a bottomless pit.

Death had taken her before I knew.

Filled with unbelief--it couldn't be true.

I trembled;  I shook;  I cursed the ground.

In my sorrows, I began to drown.  

I was left, only one part to a whole.

Stricken with grief, having lost all control.

It was the end; I couldn't start new.

Without her, I was gone too.