Sudden

With a snap of the fingers,

The drop of a hat,

A life can be altered

And that will be that.

 

Though positive changes

May happen that way,

It’s mostly the bad things

That heavily weigh.

 

For something that’s sudden

That no one expected

Casts ripples of grief

To each person affected.

 

Yet life must go on

In an alternate way,

Though survivors remember

The terrible day

 

That divides all their lives

Into two equal parts –

The before and the after,

When sufferance starts.