Written for:  Poetics Aside PAD November 2020 Challenge - Day 15

"For today’s prompt, take the phrase "Meaning of (blank)," replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles could include: "Meaning of Life," "Meaning of Love," "Meaning of This," and/or even "Meaning of Socks Constantly Losing Their Pairs."


Stomach is the first body part
to react when hearing bad news.
Someone you love departs
this world, leaving a shadowed blue.
Tears at your heart
Rips you in two

Realization dawns with a start,
you cannot deny it is true.
Now your tears begin to fall 
for a person filled with life, her death appalls.
Tears at your heart
Rips you in two

Seems impossible that she will not enthrall
you with her foibles or weird phone calls.
I read a poem to those gathered
to celebrate a life that mattered.
Tears at your heart
Rips you in two

Many rise to toast her sense of humor
though her life was ever fractured.
She was a person set apart,
caring through and through.
Tears at your heart
Rips you in two

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2020-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-15