Greater The Loss

Is it the longing for the majestic sunset

for the man that can no longer see?

Or is it the ignorance of the colors

for the woman who has never seen?

Is it the ache for the one now left

with only recollection of years

of mother's embrace?
Or is it the emptiness for the orphan
who cannot recall her face?
Is it the loss of the mighty tree
burning as it falls?
Or is it the lack of the tree
that never stood at all?