It’s True
It’s true. It did happen. They are gone now. They’ve died.
You didn’t believe it. Then you did. Then you cried.
People tried to console you – but as Millay said – they lied.
The pain never leaves you. It takes root inside.
You didn’t believe it. Then you did. Then you cried.
People tried to console you – but as Millay said – they lied.
The pain never leaves you. It takes root inside.
You can walk for miles with a stone in your shoe.
It’s lodged and it hurts, but walk on you do.
It’s not that the pain ever starts to subside -
You either stop walking or you lean as you stride.
This is how death is. This is loss – this is true.
When you lose those you love, the pain stays stuck to you.
Some days it’s less sharp, like the stone in your shoe.
The pain isn’t gone – what has shifted is you.
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