The thing about grief is that your world stops

But the world goes on

And you wonder why

Everyone acts like everything is normal
But not for you
Your world has stopped
But everyone is going to work
Eating, chatting
Can they see me suffering...you say?
Am I invincible...

Won’t they stop for a second?
But the bills keep on coming
The relatives leave
Your boss texts to ask you when you will be back?
Your friends have returned to normalcy
Life has the effrontery to ask you to live

Life has the effrontery to ask you to live
Even in the face of death

The audacity is peak

And for some days you question your sanity

But slowly but surely you return to normalcy

Then suddenly you hear their favorite song on the radio
The one you used to sing along to with them
You get the urge to call them but that’s met with the nasty reminder that they are gone

You weep
Everything comes flashing back again

The thing with grief is that it leaves scars
The scars are emotional
Sensitive to touch just like a knee injury
It works but transforms the way you walk
Your limp is forever evident
But you keep trying
Every day it gets easier
But it never gets easier