The Last Day Of Summer

On a reflective leap year day down under.

I know it's still summer
but it feels like a dark winter
a cloud has come over me
when will it pass?
that dread in the pit of my stomach
the long gaze out into nothing
this stuckness feels like an eternity.

The pain of a loss
someone dear to my heart
it aches and aches
I'm left tender and weak
everything hurts
the crippling soreness in my shoulder
will…