Your heart experiences loss before you do. It sends signals to your brain, disguising the feeling to protect you. Unfortunately, the facade eventually falls away and you are overcome by all of the emotions your heart kept at bay.
I remember getting hit with that wave of emotion, my lungs gasped for air as the sobs racked through me. I could have sworn I was dying. My heart let me tug on its strings with all my might and gave me the space to grieve. Then came this moment of clarity. I recognized that I was mourning something I had already lost. I was crying tears that had been shed before.
I lost this soul long ago, and my heart knew the moment I did. But, still, he let me grieve as if the wound was fresh and not just poorly bandaged.
My heart bid you adieu way before the rest of me got the chance to
