'You'Ve Changed! ' Poem by Ruth L. Rivers

You’ve changed…
Different then before, simply not the same
…you’ve changed!
You’re alone…
Stark and pale, solitary, on your own
…you’re alone!
You’ve warped…
Plodding along, from life on to the corpse
…you’ve warped!
You’ve staled…
Not receiving, not giving, in this life you fail
…you’ve staled!
You’ve rotted…
Out living your shine, from straight to knotted
…you’ve rotted!
You’re broken…
Tripping on the past losses and misplaced tokens
…you’re broken!
You’re altered…
The clock kept going as you slept, waking, …you faltered
…you’re altered!

By Ruth L. Rivers
April 8,2008