No One Tells You!

No one tells you how real and intense death is,
The cleaving of lives lived together,
The empty chair at the head of the table,
The crisp cotton shirts,
The hand on your back,
The perfume of safety...
The watch without a hand
The fallacy of eternity...
When the curtain falls,
And darkness blinds,
Hope and faith.
When overwhelming voids
Erupt within you,
And around you.
No one tells you how real and intense death is,

Because no one can