News of death

there’s a loophole in this story
that everything comes to an end
one second away from a tragedy
what we do not see is more than we see.
dear light,
you would never know that
dying has never occurred to me
till your voice became a memory
the words hit my chest,
rock bottom of the belly of the beast
i am sure i do not want to hold these thoughts
but this sudden disappearance
i am overwhelmed to my knees.

Victor Oyedele