ODYSSEY OF A BEREAVED PARENT
The loss of a child is too much to bear,
Each day cries out with more tears and despair.
The weight of your grief settles heavy on your heart
As you face the reality of this death tearing you apart.
You don't understand how life can go on
As you think each day of your child that's gone.
Your burden's quite heavy - not many understand.
the family you thought would be there have not held your hand.
Some friends have stood by to see you through,
Others have left, which you never thought they'd do.
A 'new normal' you now make as the years have moved by,
Letting laughter and joy in, where once you only wanted to cry.
You start to make plans - this is how your life will now be,
And again look forward to things - to a certain degree.
Yes, what I once thought would never, ever be,
Has begun again for me.
I'll miss her forever and she'll always be,
the child that now rests inside of me.