Separated Anxiety

Missing without a trace, stricken with grief

Confined at home in case they call

Immersed in regret for things not said

Fearing the worst, they must be dead

Question why this is happening to you

Family tries to console

Deaf to their words of comfort

Distraught over potential loss

Only alternative is to check the morgue

Unclaimed bodies waiting to be identified

Hoping you don't find them

Uncover the first sheet, burned beyond recognition

Dental records needed to decide

Accident victim, crushed cranium, pulverized inside

Try to keep composure, person not recognized

Next cause of death, murder through dissection

Body parts placed together on a slab

Half eaten, skinless torso, vomit burns your throat

Untouched head reveals, this is not the one

Remains uncovered, the body is discovered

Skin turns cold as the drama unfolds

Loved one taken so brutality

No one could survive this cruelty

Legs feel weak, pull over the sheet

Absent loved one, immersed in regret

for things never said

Human remains identified, wishing you would have died