Grieving

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(Trigger Warning: Grief)

It comes in waves

Like a crashing sea bringing both the tide and the storm.

First it's the numbness,

You're just there and everything

Spins around you.

Then comes the grief,

The tears that you just can't hold back

Because there's nothing you can do.

It's over now.

Then the guilt,

Because why do you deserve to feel this way

When so many others feel so much worse

Right now.

Then the fear:

Will I ever be able to pick up on it?
Will I ever notice the loss before it comes?

Then as the waves settle,

And the tide goes out,

You're just there in your empty shell

Grieving.

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