I feel the hollow hunger of sadness

leaving a huge, gaping void:

an aching absence of joy and gladness..

I am a black hole, all light destroyed..

Nature does not deign to join me

In my bleakness, the sun still shining brightly

in a brilliant, blue sky, as it should be..

Birds singing in happy harmony..

Shimmering leaves swaying in the breeze

still in the trees , all shades of green

Though lingering summer will soon cease

rich, red, yellow Autumn will be seen..

As summer, my youth just a distant dream..

Like the anguished echo of the Hadida’s scream..