Monday, April 2, 2012

For One Who is Grieving

You're safe in my arms, daughter — safe to cry.
Cry, daughter. Crying is good. Crying is your love for her.
One day you'll finish crying, but not today. Today, let your love for her cry.

You're safe in my arms, daughter — safe to grieve.
Grieve, daughter. Grieving is good. Grieving is your love for her.
One day you'll finish grieving, but not today. Today, let your love for her grieve.

You're safe in my arms, daughter, — safe to feel the emptiness.
Feel the emptiness, daughter. Feeling the emptiness is good. The emptiness is her love for you.
How she must have loved you to leave such emptiness behind!

One day you'll finish crying.
One day you'll finish grieving.
But you'll always feel the emptiness.
When you feel the emptiness, know that it is her love for you.
The emptiness will remind you that her touch on your life is forevermore.
And the emptiness will remind you that your touch on her life is forevermore,
for how she must have loved you to leave such emptiness behind.

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