Just Another Day

Just Another Day

So I woke up today,
I guess that’s a start
Isn’t it.
I went through the motions,
Robotically going about my day.
I sat through classes,
I wrote, I talked,
Laughed, apologized.
It was all fake.
I failed a test, I know,
I know I failed.
I ate, fed this body,
To keep it going
But couldn’t solve the hunger of my soul.
Everything today just felt –
Wrong.
It all felt wrong.
Since Friday dawned,
Gorgeous and bright and brilliant,
Shattered suddenly by the words
“She didn’t make it.”
Just like that you were gone.
And you’ve left us here
To carry on, to go through the motions,
Robots in the clockwork of life
Never changing, moving on.
I dedicate this poem to you,
Melancholy and ordinary
Just another day,
Just another day
Without you.