"Echoes of Sorrow"

In the shadows, sorrow sways and weaves,

Its echoes linger in souls it cleaves.

A mother, tears staining her worn face,

Lost child, gone without a trace.

Echoes of sorrow in her empty embrace,

Yearning for a glimpse of the absent trace.

In alleys dark, a homeless soul,

Empty stomach, a gaping hole.

Echoes of sorrow in hunger's plea,

Aching bones, no place to be.

A soldier, haunted by war's cruel sting,

Nightmares echoing, sorrow's ring.

Echoes of sorrow in shattered dreams,

Battlefield lost, silent screams.

A lover's heart, torn and frayed,

Echoes of sorrow in love betrayed.

In hospitals, where illness reigns,

Echoes of sorrow in silent pains.

A friend, bereft of a companion's breath,

Echoes of sorrow, the sting of death.

A worker, jobless, bills to pay,

Echoes of sorrow in a life's delay.

In classrooms, bullied and alone,

Echoes of sorrow in hearts unknown.

A refugee, fleeing strife's hell,

Echoes of sorrow in a tragic farewell.

An elder, forgotten and ignored,

Echoes of sorrow in a life deplored.

In every corner, in every hue,

Echoes of sorrow, not just a few.

Different faces, different cries,

Echoes of sorrow under different skies.

Yet within this web of despair,

Echoes of hope linger in the air.

Community, kindness, and love's embrace,

Echoes that can sorrow's pace erase.

Though echoes of sorrow resound,

In humanity, solutions are found.

Empathy, compassion, hands that mend,

Echoes of hope, a brighter trend.

For in the echoes of sorrow's cry,

Lies the strength for spirits to fly.

To rise above the deepest low,

Echoes of resilience begin to grow.