Surviving A Loss

By Jeannie Piazza

 

 

It is never easy to survive a loss

Everyone will go through it sometime in life.

It hurts so much it causes real pain,

An ache you never knew existed until it exists in you.

It is felt in the heart, in the mind and in the body.

 

When full of love, the heart pours forth happiness

That floats through the body making you feel joyful and light-hearted.

But the pain caused by loss makes your heart heavy,

Makes one immobile, not able to move, not want to move,

Yet it must be dealt with.

 

The pain must be changed, not easily done, to joyful memories.

However, take a mourning period; that time,

Which softens the pain and insulates your feelings while the healing takes place.

It will pass; for time is the healer.

You will survive the loss and feel light-hearted again,

But, not now, it’s mourning time!