my bucket runneth over
overflown with tears
that rained down forever
and kept inside for years
what once were tears of love
now pour forth in grief
lost neither crow nor dove
but babies stol’n by cruel thief
heart’s reservoir runs low
as tattered feathers fade
the ache weighs down the show
taint memories remade
from deep within a scowl
this voice lets out a howl
echoes off these empty walls
within this skin my spirit crawls
such precious lives now lost
lay bare this hollow heart
that bears such heavy cost
when these belov’d depart
beyond the event horizon 