# 2020-12-25 - Untitled ![[resources/images/untitled-2020-12-25.png]] _By Bryant McGill_ ## Untitled > Someone took all the stars out of the sky > They took the moon and all its light > They took the good things; the bad things too > Then from the well; the last water they drew > > They took the color from all the flowers > We loved to look at for hours and hours > They took all the ART from every wall > They took both places—to stand or fall > > They took things we never knew existed > They took what was straight and bent and twisted > They took the small things, and the large things too > They took all the lies; but also, the truths… > > They took our good deeds and our sins > And all the hiding places deep within > They took our steady loving stare > And left our full hands empty and bare > > They took every simple thing we treasure > And they took the rulers by which to measure, > such loss… > > They took the smiles from a million faces > And put a question in all the sacred places… > There is nothing left, neither low nor high > They even took the proper words to say, “goodbye.” ## Related Ontology Targets - [[wiki/Loss|Loss]] - [[wiki/Grief|Grief]] - [[wiki/Absence|Absence]] - [[wiki/Deprivation|Deprivation]] - [[wiki/Emptiness|Emptiness]] - [[wiki/Farewell|Farewell]] - [[wiki/Goodbye|Goodbye]] - [[wiki/Impermanence|Impermanence]] - [[wiki/Poetry|Poetry]] - [[wiki/Art|Art]] - [[wiki/Truth|Truth]] - [[wiki/Lies|Lies]] - [[wiki/Sacredness|Sacredness]] - [[wiki/Measurement Capacity|Measurement Capacity]] - [[wiki/Meaning-Making|Meaning-Making]] - [[wiki/Language Failure|Language Failure]] - [[wiki/Symbolic Erasure|Symbolic Erasure]] - [[wiki/Total Loss|Total Loss]] - [[wiki/Human Resilience|Human Resilience]] - [[wiki/Resilience|Resilience]] - [[wiki/The Art of Memory|The Art of Memory]] - [[wiki/Memory Continuity|Memory Continuity]]