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Healing

It seems like yesterday 
You were just here

If I close my eyes 
I can still feel you near

Time has become an enemy 
To my heart

I hate this absence 
This being apart
 
In sleep
I long to see your face again

So you can tell me 
Where you've been

To hear your laughter 
To see your smile

I've not had that joy 
In such a long while
 
People tell me 
To go ahead with my life

But this pain in my soul 
It cuts like a knife

They don't understand
My hurt, my loss

My life, once happy 
Replaced with chaos
 
I catch myself sometimes 
Calling your name

Then I remember 
And I cry without shame

The day will come 
When the tears will subside

But then I'll be left 
With this aching inside
 
This too, shall heal 
The storm will soon end

You weren't only my son 
You were also my friend

I'll be with you again someday
This much is true

For the rain will cease,
And the sun will shine through
 
Until then, 
When I'm feeling especially low

I'll look up to the Heavens 
Then I'll know

The star that I see there, 
Glowing with light

Is your way of assuring, 
That I'll be all right


June 2004
Written for a friend of mine
whose son had passed.

Tina Rhymer

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Daniel Turner Date: 3/11/2023 3:27:00 PM Very moving. Tina. It's been almost 40 years and I still haven't gotten over it. To lose a child is almost unbearable. You definitely expressed those feelings well. Login to Reply Tina Rhymer Date: 3/15/2023 7:06:00 PM Thank you for reading. I had hoped this poem would help those still struggling with the loss of a loved one.