For De’s quadrille prompt at dVerse Poets Pub. Today the prompt word is sky.
December 22, 2019
“My witness is the empty sky.” Jack Kerouac
I watched the sun slowly setting
in your beautiful sky blue eyes,
holding you close feeling your
breath go lighter until…
it stopped.
I peered into your eyes –
the sky was empty.
outside it was sleeting.
I closed those beautifu sky blue eyes
forever.
kanzen sakura 
Sep 21, 2020 @ 16:04:17
Toni, you are so loved, and lifted up.
This is a beautiful tribute to your amazing love.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 16:07:38
So sad… and the sky will never be the same after such a devastating loss.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 16:31:43
Achingly raw.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 16:36:02
So beautiful and so heart-wrenching, Toni.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 16:41:16
Such a heartbreaking sunset.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 16:44:57
Heartbreaking that those blue eyes have gone to sleep and passed on. Cherish the happy memories
Much💜love
Sep 21, 2020 @ 16:46:47
Incredibly heartrending write. May your heart be filled with happy memories of your many happy moments together.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 16:50:48
So solemn and raw with grief. It is indeed heartbreaking and it stirs so many emotions. Much love to you, friend. Sending much love. ❤
Sep 21, 2020 @ 17:29:50
Hi Toni! This is something I need to share with my fellow writers here at dVerse. I so enjoy reading the work that you create and post, and am genuinely honored to be embraced as a part of this community of poets. May we all find healing in these challenging times. And as a true aquarian love child, and also a proud flower child of the 60’s, who truly believed then we would some day change the world to be a better place for all, and still believes that we might yet do it — I wish each of you peace, health, and love. Write on!
Sep 21, 2020 @ 17:36:22
Heartbreaking words, yet beautiful at the same time. If only we can all pass away so peacefully. Nicely done.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 17:38:34
This is so poignant.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 17:39:49
So sad. Heartbreaking. It’s a beautiful poem though, Toni. I know you’re grieving. Sending you wishes for some peace and hugs.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 19:58:56
Beautifully heart breaking Toni.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 20:22:43
What an amazing opportunity to be with a loved one at the very end of life. I love the simplicity of your words, which lends them great power.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 21:09:10
What a gift of love you gave him, looking into his eyes until they turned into sky.
Sep 21, 2020 @ 22:43:25
That moment…
Sep 21, 2020 @ 23:08:12
My eyes have tears, Toni.
Sep 22, 2020 @ 02:04:46
So moving, Toni. Love and loss.
Sep 22, 2020 @ 02:12:10
I have been very thankful to have been with loved ones when they die knowing that they are not alone but that I was there. It hurts but at least they knew.
Sep 22, 2020 @ 04:04:03
Sad, beautiful and haunting.
Sep 22, 2020 @ 07:50:16
Sweet and sad. May his soul rest in peace🙏🏽
Sep 22, 2020 @ 14:09:08
Softly beautiful….testimony to the love you shared. Thinking of you, Toni.
Sep 22, 2020 @ 17:39:22
Full of both sorrow and love (K)
Sep 22, 2020 @ 20:02:24
Sad but full of love. May you be comforted in your sorrow.
Sep 25, 2020 @ 09:16:38
Oh, Toni. This is a heartbreaking time for you, and a wonderful tribute.
Mar 17, 2021 @ 00:19:39
This took the air out of my lungs and caved my chest. I hope you are well, as well as can be expected. With love,