This is a woman with grey hair
To match her empty eyes
That went blank after all that
she has seen
This is a woman who worries about
her sons
And if they’re still fighting a
war that can’t be won.
They left a few months ago
And never came home.
This is loneliness and desperation.
She watches the sun rise and set every single day.
But nothing changes and everything stays the same.
This is a woman who constantly wonders “What if”
What if everything were different?
This is a soul overrun with chaos
A demolished soul
And a withering body.
You really capture the despair with your description of her "blank" eyes and the lines: "She watches the sun rise and set every single day./But nothing changes and everything stays the same." The bright purple of her shirt, blazing even amongst the sadness and emptiness, reminds me of my favorite writer Alice Walker: “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.”
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