Emptiness- A Guest Post by Mary Katerine

This is a post written by a friend in Romania called Mary Katerine. It is written in memory of her grandfather who passed away a year ago. My condolences go out to Mary and her family and I am honoring her request to have this put up here on the blog

The Bilge Master

Emptiness

You know the emptiness

Of the sad room

You used to live in?

The emptiness

Of those left behind

Trying  to figure out

How to live their lives?

The emptiness

Of the book I gave you

Before you died

And of the characters

You never got to meet?

The emptiness

Of the love paralyzed,

Of the tears wept

When you had to leave?