Death

Has come

Claimed my loved one

Ended her suffering

No more pain

Wasting away

Illness-ravaged body

She's gone

A hole has formed

In my heart

But I can't yet cry

Haven't processed

Thought inevitable

ALS

Still the idea

Of the finite gone

Is hard to understand

She's gone

To be with her sister

My grandmother

To heaven and peace

Another guardian angel

Looking down onto earth

Our family

So tiny

Microscopic

Spread around the globe

Won't even be there

For her funeral

She's closer to G-d

Buried where she's lived

20 years now

Our homeland

Beloved Israel

I will miss her

Oh so very much

My heart aches

My insides quiver

When will I cry?

Zombie mode has commenced

Appetite gone

Walking around all day

In pajamas

Just want to be left alone

She's gone

Gone

A word so small

Means so much

Means goodbye