I didn’t know how sudden it would be even though I’ve been through this before. That is the effortlessness of time and human nature; we forget the transience of life. This is to my beloved, late parents who left far too soon and far too suddenly.

My heart will not stop aching, but one day the pain will quiet. And your silence deafens our noisy, busy lives.

Grief
is a beast with claws,
who clutches on your heart
and clings gently as life goes on
and will never truly depart.