Without Love

All in nature ends in tragedy and I
 Was the first to finally fade away from my
 Grandfather's memories, and how long until the day
 My memories of him finally fade away?
 Dissolving into gray
 Is breathing just the ticking of an unwinding
 Clock, counting down the time it takes
 For you to comprehend the sheer magnitude of
 Every single precious breath you've ever wasted?
 I did everything I could, I bargained with the universe
 To take my life instead of hers
 But no amount of money, drugs, or tears could keep her here
 What purpose did her suffering serve?
 Is breathing just the ticking of an unwinding
 Clock, counting down the time it takes
 For you to comprehend the sheer magnitude of
 Every single precious breath you've ever wasted?
 So much misery, so much indifference
 To so much suffering, we can become tempted
 By appeals to hatred
 This world ain't nothing more than what we make of it
 Revenge ain't no solution
 To the inevitable pain
 Every single one of us must face in losing
 The kindred spirits in our lives
 Lives so brief, so disappointing, so confusing
 As Crone slipped away
 I held her in my arms, reduced
 To "please don't leave me
 What will I do?"
 But this cosmic sadness
 Is just here to remind you
 That without love
 Breathing is just the ticking of...