Beloved

One day, just like that
Our beloved is gone from us,
in this sense of the world,
that we
Hold
Touch
See
Feel
Hear
Taste.

And somehow
Our beloved continues
in our thoughts and memories,
imaginations of “how it could have been”s,
Amidst the knowing of
How a life planned can dismantle in a matter of days
How hopes and expectations can be bulldozed in ways
Unexpected, not considered
Until,
It
Just
Happens.