Brutal loneliness hit me today!

Not a day goes by without thinking of you

And of the love we once shared

The happy moments that I cherish

Would surely lift my spirit high.

But today there is extreme pain

And I can’t fight the emptiness

This is brutal loneliness

It hits like a bullet of a 45 caliber.

It’s not easy to cast away

That beautiful face of yours

The smile that brightens my everyday

That neither wind nor fog could take away.

I wrestle with the past for your love

At times it is dark and hollow

Unspeakable words finding its way

For the love that is entrapped in my heart.

Here I sit void of emotional anchor

Waiting for your return and what will follow

Would there be another chance

For togetherness once more?

I think of you and well up in tears,

I pray for hope and strength

The courage to carry on

To understand and accept thy will.

I do not wish to be stuck in the past

But tonight my love I’ll embrace

The thoughts of you in my sleep

And in my dream my love I’ll find you.

"Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.” ~Rumi

Research suggests that loneliness is twice as deadly as obesity.

Grief is associated not only with the death of a loved one but in any loss such as relationship breakup (divorce, sibling breakup, mother-daughter/son breakup), loss of a friendship, loss of health, losing a job or of financial stability, death of a pet, loss of a cherished dream, illness in the family, selling the family home (property) or even retiring from the career you loved or any other type of losses or negative life changes. It is something personal and how you grieve depends on many factors.

How do you grieve? Do you cry or simply ignore the feeling? Please share your thoughts in the comment box below and if you're a guest user, don't worry you don't need to sign up. Just type in your comments and hit submit. I'd love to hear from you.

Healing is necessary to face your grief and deal with it. Ignoring your pain or keeping it from surfacing will not help and will only make it worse as time goes by. So, don't hide it. Be brave. Face it!

“Behind sorrow, there is always a soul. And to mock at a soul in pain is a dreadful thing.” - Oscar Wilde

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