I heard a child laugh today
Peals of unadulterated laughter
Her small body swallowed by bellows of joy
Her voice reached into my world and caressed my mind
Assuring me that color would someday return
to the dull washed out pages of my life
Then there was silence
And I was left with fragments of jarring joy
Bits of untethered emotion
And as the joy floated up beyond my reach
I remembered that I lost my joy
The day I gave up life
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