What use to be a cluttered apartment
with narrow pathways
has changed into a vast canyon
where the walls don't connect.
I stand on the ridge.
The winds blow.
Not even a dead leaf
or two exists.
My niece/friend has left;
totally packed up and left.
Black clouds of her anger
across the sea
hang over the canyon
blocking out any sun or stars.
I lit a candle
and prayed for her return.
What else can I do?