There Must Be Some Mistake Poem by Diana van den Berg

... What I cannot grasp is
that
you’re
not
coming
back
and that you are not
somewhere celebrating New Year
with your family
and that your hardships and sorrows
aren’t going to disappear
into the long happy life
that you deserve
and that you won’t be
lighting up the office
with your smiles and your cleaning
on Mondays and Thursdays
and that you won’t ever again
bleach the inside of my puppy-cup
sparkling white
with pride to widen my smile
and that your family
is in darkness
since your light went out
and that our tears
and our hearts scraped raw
won’t bring you back
and that you’re not coming back
and
that
you’re
not
coming
back
not
ever -

not
coming
back

not
coming
back...

there must be some mistake...

please will somebody tell me
that there is some mistake?

(1 January 2006)