The first hours we sat
stunned in your house

We didn’t ask to see you
or to go where you left
or to where you were then

We didn’t ask
for a lock of your hair
or one more kiss or touch

We simply sat
in your dark house
horrified of a world
without you

What would we be
our family of four
with one of us
gone

The one that started us
that stretched our hearts
opened our thoughts

The one that reminded us
who we were
who we were supposed
to be

How were we to be
anything more
after