Time is the great healer,
I've heard said, it gets easier
as you go along.
Keep yourself busy,
less time to think,
others advised, well
meaningly I don't doubt.
But time has healed nothing,
my son, it doesn't get easy at all:
neither nights nor days,
thinking of you and those
dark hours, the last minute scenes,
the negligence
of those paid to care,
and grief's usual wear and tear.
Time just consolidates
the pain and grief, brings it
up close now the numbness has fled,
the stark reality bites deep
no matter how busy
or occupied the head,
and the final words
scribbled down:
your son is dead.
Sep 18, 2017
Sep 18, 2017 at 3:16 PM UTC
Time is the great healer,
I've heard said, it gets easier
as you go along.
Keep yourself busy,
less time to think,
others advised, well
meaningly I don't doubt.
But time has healed nothing,
my son, it doesn't get easy at all:
neither nights nor days,
thinking of you and those
dark hours, the last minute scenes,
the negligence
of those paid to care,
and grief's usual wear and tear.
Time just consolidates
the pain and grief, brings it
up close now the numbness has fled,
the stark reality bites deep
no matter how busy
or occupied the head,
and the final words
scribbled down:
your son is dead.
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