Pops into supermarket

Buys wine, a bouquet

Wanted to decline invitation

Could not find a way

Friends greet him warmly

Slips into designated role

Ace at pretending

King of emotional control

Smiles, jokes, charms

Internally weariness intones

Surrounded by familiar faces

Never felt so alone

Aware his circle love him

Trying to do their best

Fail to understand 

Concept of depressed

Lack comprehension 

Of lonely new reality

Convinced socialising

Will kick-start recovery

Unable to perceive

Grief alters perspicacity

That he is lost

Wandering alien territory

By Margaret Karim

From: United Kingdom