Remove this thought out of my head
this isn't the time, brain, for imagining
Please get that image out
and never repeat the sequence
show some compassion
I don't need to envision how it happened
The panic in her voice once realization bore into her soul
I don't need to hear in her golden tone, her cadence that made her strong
become frail and break apart
Why are you trying to piece together a mystery
you're not Sherlock Holmes
even if you solve it, what's the prize for being correct
what good would curiosity serve
if your heart is served sadness on a silver platter
for dessert empathy
even though you have no idea how unbearable that feeling could ever be...