PARCHED

Grief is a
solitary burden
to be borne
over
rough terrain.

Without direction
my bearings
become
insignificant.

Supplies are
destined to
dwindle
at just
the point
from which
there is no
turning back.

Trusted guides
prove, suddenly,
unreliable
and speak
only in
their own
tongue
rendering them,
as your loss,
unfathomable.