You were reduced,
reduced in two,
you were reduced into,
into something that you did not wish to be,
you were half of what you thought you were previously,
you were something that you did not wish to be,
and half of you was a misery,
a misery to live with,
and not the same as you used to be,
and after your partner died and you had cried copiously,
you were left empty,
as empty as can be,
and life meant nothing,
life meant nothing,
and you did not know what to do with yourself,
or how to cope with this sudden vanishing act,
by your partner when they shuffled off their mortal coil,
unexpectedly,
and how devasting it was,
and how terrible,
and how you felt as empty as can be,
and you now,
you now stand staring at the sea,
looking to the horizon,
and as you stand on the beach,
and reminisce where you used to hold hands and kiss,
and you stand with tears upon your cheeks,
with life half as good as it used to be.
