In grief she wore her sadness like a shroud, <br />She isolates herself and hides away, <br />She lived each day beneath the darkest cloud, <br />For love she lost one tragic day in May, <br /> <br />Well meaning friends, they told her life goes on, <br />And life was for the living, not the dead, <br />But nothing mattered now that he was gone, <br />She held the precious memories in her head, <br /> <br />The months turned into years since he had passed, <br />She lost count of the many tears she cried, <br />Her friends had wondered how long this would last, <br />They failed to see that part of her, had died. <br /> <br />One day she thought of him and felt no pain, <br />The darkest cloud had gone; she smiled again.<br /><br />Linda Harnett<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/she-smiled-again/
