Feelings As Another Friend Passes

          

                Feelings As Another Friend Passes

© 2017 C.S. Roberts

Funny how death comes so quietly and takes. We know it is there, and we also know that it must and will have its way but it still surprises us. We fight it as long as we can. Never give up until we have to and still the grief cuts so very deeply. The space left by our departed is often so deep we feel that we will never make it to the other side of our grief. We have to just keep living until we are alive again and this is often not an easy task. Our tears wash and cleanse until at last the memories do not hurt so much but bring a smile instead. We relish the lessons and examples of their struggle and grace; we applaud them and hope we can be so when it is our turn. Death is a disconcerting exercise of trying to hold water in your hands. We consign them to their God(s) and regretfully and tentatively let them go as we are left behind to stare at our empty hands and wonder how they left us so soon. They are now at peace; their struggle is ended. Ours, on the other hand, has just begun. We, like they, will endure though it does not always feel like it, we do get through it. Somehow, some day, we get through it. We manage to put one foot in front of the other until the time arrives for us to do it again. This is the cycle of life. Birth, death and rebirth. Hail all those that have gone before! Hail all those who will follow. Be at peace, as much as is possible and breathe. Keep living until you are alive again.

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