Gobsmacked

When your tragedy happens
You will be gobsmacked
You will look up “gobsmacked”
And it will be exactly how you feel–
When your tragedy happens

My tragedy happened when the love of my life
The man I just married
107 days before
Ended his life
by
jumping
in front
of
a
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Yours might be smaller
But you will have one too
And the hurt will be
BIG

To be human is to be
Gobsmacked
By at least one total horror show