Unknown

Like the invisible cricket’s rhythm
On a serene cold night -

Gnaws a numbing persistent pain
With scratchy claws in vain.

Not near for years
The distance feed the fears

Life and death happen
One is known, the other so sudden.

One in expected ten months cycle
A mysterious known miracle

The other strikes out at will
In an unknown moment makes us null.

Across the miles soars my heart
Reaching out to a life in the past…

Reaching but not reaching
For answers I am still searching.