you look pale my darling

Tears have coursed down your cheeks
incessantly
I can tell from just loking at you.
Those eyes have worked hard
the last few days
searching, wishing- lost.
These paths you have walked
for so many years
suddenly feel empty
These walls that have contained
your laughter for years
suddenly seem too feeble
for tears.

I wish I could stand by you,
I wish I could say something,
but there is nothing I can do..
it would be futile...
all my talk in the past
has also turned pale.