There are no quick fixes
Or remedies for our pain
There is nothing
That can take it away
When you know someone
Who has lost another they love
Please do not turn and walk away
Instead, just bear witness
To what we have to say
Our hearts have been broken
And we know all to well
How nothing
Could ever take the pain away
But grief is so lonely
That we need you to stay
Stay and bear witness
To the heartache and pain we know
When someone is going through deep grief
The best thing you can do
Is just sit down beside us
Not offering solutions
Or turning away
What the broken-hearted need
Is acknowledgment of our loss
We don’t expect you to fix anything
Or to take our pain away
You don’t even need to understand
What we really want
Is that you not run away
When we are down
Instead, just bear witness
And let us know
You are here to stay
Because the worst part of grief
Is feeling that what you have lost
Has been forgotten
And you are alone
Wow, you just expressed the thing I have been thinking about for the last few days. Thank you for putting it so elegantly.
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Thank you so much for your kind words.
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