Poem For Joshua You are gone, the world is colder The warmth of you has left this earth We are alone in this world now We're on the outside looking in Our eyes wide open to human nature We have been stripped bare We see so clearly what we were blind to We are fools no more Others cannot understand the depths of our despair Our sorrow, like a black hole, is never ending and always there We carry you with us always When we are happy, we are sad When we are laughing, we are sad Life now is bittersweet We feel weak, yet we are stronger We want to scream, yet we are quieter Smiles are less, our world is muted Forever lost in thoughts of you Written leading up to what would have been Joshua's 2nd birthday