once you’re gone

by panta rhei

Posted to Utterances on 2002-07-31 08:37:00

Parent message is 246371
there’ll be no loss

it is felt only
by those who
remain


some time ago
my daughter asked me
how it’ll be like to die

‘i don’t know,’ i said
‘nobody does

all i know is
that i is a great
surprise’


and i think
that it is