Wednesday's Woe - You Can Sometimes Forget How Much Pain You Carry...

Wednesday's Woe

You Can Sometimes Forget How Much Pain You Carry...

A business call made,

I talked to a Child-Loss father today.

It seems we speak the same language…

Just a few words transpired:

"There's not a day goes by I don't think of Adam."

The words infiltrate the grief bubble I live daily.

His pain immediately resonates with my pain:

This pain, hidden from the world,

But so readily discerned by another

Who lives the same pain---he with his son, me my baby girl.

He instantly knows my heart

Even as I know his

Despite few words said

…this transparent language of a parent whose child is dead.

Just a few words conjure up 

A whole decimating reality.

I get off the phone, 

Business call shut down,

Grief spout turns on;

The tears fall down

As my heart plummets to the ground.

Now bottomed out,

I get the kleenex out…

Defenses crumble;

Engines rumble…

The power of words

That expose the grieving heart

Are like a heat-seeking missile

That instantly rips me apart.

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Pictures - thanks to ~Out of the Ashes, and ~Jill Compton
Poem - You Can Sometimes Forget How Much Pain You Carry - Angie Bennett Prince - 12/30/2012