The Sound of Grief

Ever heard the sound of grief?The stench of dead bodies.The smell of death.The gnawing feels of hunger pangs.The sound of the broken clocks. Ever seen what grief looks like?I know what it looks like.The flesh wrinkly and paperedThe smoke rising from demolished housesThe tears that come rushing like a water fallThe bent back hoping for…

Losing an Angel

Mark watched as they lowered the body into the ground. "Dust to dust, ashes to ashes..." The words of the minister drowned as he remembered all his mother represented. They were no tears this time, just a dull throbbing pain that spreads like disease through his whole body. His heart felt like they would break…