Loss is such a small word.
Yet, one of the most painful to live with.
It comes in all shapes and sizes
Though that doesn’t really matter
As the result is always the same

It’s hard to believe that a moment
Can just come along and
Take all that you love from you
That the joy you hold in your hands
Is fleeting in the face of a four letter word

The loss of a loved one
The end of a friendship
Growing apart in a relationship
You wake up one day to find you’re alone
Acknowledging the pain of loss

Loss is such a small word
But these past months
 It has brought me to my knees
The loss of my father
And the loss of a best friend
It has extinguished all the joy in my heart