Shandi Sturgill

It is confusing
Borders on nonsensical 
But mostly, mostly it’s ceaseless
Tears fall and hearts shatter
Chemicals get off kilter
And after a time
It all manages to fall
Back into place
As best it can
I wonder if you’d recognize her
There are so many differences
Between your daughter now
And on that last afternoon
This isn’t the first time
I’ve tried to articulate the loss
But I can’t put it into words
Mostly, mostly it’s ceaseless