A grieving parent is someone who will never forget their child

No matter how painful memories are.

 

A grieving parent is someone who yearns to be with their dead

But cannot conceive leaving their living ones.

 

A grieving parent is someone who has part of a heart

as the rest of buried with their child.

 

A grieving parent is someone who begs for relief from the memories

Which plague them

And then feels guilty when they get it.

 

A grieving parent is someone who pretends to be happy and enjoying life

When they really are dying inside.

 

A grieving parent is someone who can cry or laugh at the drop of a hat

Whenever they remember their beloved child.

 

A grieving parent is someone who feels as if they just lost their child yesterday

No matter how much time has passed.

 

A grieving parent is someone who fears for their remaining family

Because they cannot bear to have any more losses.

 

A grieving parent is someone who sits by their child's gravestone and feels a knife stabbing their heart.

 

A grieving parent is someone who wants to help others

who have lost loved ones

Because somehow their loss is theirs all over again.

 

©Copyright - Judy Skapnik

A Grieving Parent Is