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Sunshine's avatar

This put words to a kind of grief Iโ€™ve felt. The slow, invisible kind that arrives before anythingโ€™s actually gone. The way you describe the world carrying on, unchanged and oblivious, while something inside you rearranges itself in silenceโ€ฆ itโ€™s so honest and so quietly devastating. I especially love the lines about carrying what mattered, both cleanly and messily, and the idea that you donโ€™t have to make sense of it or turn it into wisdom right away. Thank you for giving permission to just feel it, without a timeline or an explanation. This felt like being seen.

Zihna Augustine DHM, PH.D.'s avatar

This hits me where I am. Lots of crying at certain songs, certain memories that came out of nowhere, grief I thought I'd dealt with coming back raw and powerful. I really liked this. It spoke to where I am right now. Thank you,

Ivy's avatar

Grief is tough.. in all forms but the one that comes into that โ€œalmost spaceโ€ feels worse because it comes with chaos, anger and fearโ€ฆ