Crumbling

Scenes
From long ago
Flashing
Before my eyes...

Grandpa
Still agile
And able.
Playing golf
On the weekend.
A little girl
So full
Of admiration
She knows
She is his favorite.
He makes
No bones about that.

Marriage
So happy
And complete
Full of life
And full of love
Until...
The substance
Took it all
Away.
I still see
His face
In everything
I do.

The world
Is infinite
And death
Is now eminent
Just waiting...
Watching
It all waste away
To skin
And bones
A gaunt ghost
Of the glory
That once was.

Tears
Fill my eyes
Once more
I am
Crumbling
From the inside
Out
Once more
All the broken
Shards of glass
Come shattering
Down
Lying
Scattered
On the streets.