I’d rather feel sad

Never that day again

Never that rock at my temple

Never those pictures

Never those headlines

Never that day again

But already I fear

The emptiness after the pain

To lose you for a second time

First life’s axe

Then its own anodyne

One rose for Michael

One more poem

One more tribute

I can’t let go

One more petition

One more campaign

One more warning

It won’t be in vain

For truth

For justice

One more call

I’d rather feel sad

Than nothing at all

Gabi