Ashanti's Widowership

Echoes of good times
Swayed by the colours of your past
Today is full of those memories
I wonder at tomorrow's uncertainties

Pillows have felt my cries
Soaked my tears
and kept my head in awful comfort
The bed still honours your body shape

The cock crowl is an alarm to another miserable day
time has become slow and night comes fast
When shall I behold your face again?
Shall I hear your Loud thunderous voice again?

Our home has become a lonely land
Every corner leaves a trace of your being
The dogs bark in agony
and the pictures on the wall argue restlessly

Ah! your departure is death itself!
How long shall I tarry?!
Why didn't you take me with you.?
Take me or forever hold your jolting silence!
CATALEABONEZ

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