GRIEF Poem: No Right Way to Grieve, by Erika Wilson

So, there is no rule book when it comes to grief
no rules of what to do
There is not a right or wrong way to let a Loved One go
Because the hurt is true
You can be smiling one minute and then you break down and cry
You can be crying one moment and a memory make you smile and sigh
There will be days that it may feel that your Loved One is still near
And then there are other days realization brings along heartbreak and fear
The fear of what losing a Loved One brings is something no one can plan
Grief takes the mind through so many things, so much to not understand
It’s as if you are in a quiet, dark room with your hand reaching out afar
But then when you lean forward to embrace it’s farther than the Northern Star
The hurt does not stop hurting and the pain keeps providing ache
The memories creep in and away from reality you cannot shake
Loved Ones are permanently affixed and are never supposed to leave
But, if and when they do know that there is no right way to grieve.

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