After Death

(Originally published on Usenet and dedicated to Sarah C R.I.P.)

Numbed.
Initially
But anger soon arrives
Always unwelcome
A corrosive sensation
And our entire bodies
Scream in unison, 'Why'
A howl  is ripped from us
And rushes through the night
And flies through the universe
And reaches you
And you are finally aware
Of what you meant to us