Loss

 

You lived your life, now you’ve passed away Cremated with nothing left to decay

Grief endlessly lingers more so some days, eternal peace for your soul I do pray.

I have had to begin the process of change

Our home we once shared I've kept just the same

 I'm now coming to terms your never coming home

 My realisation is I have to  live on alone.

My mind needs to focus on something other than sorrow

 Just get through today and find strength for tomorrow

I also kept your belongings the same; just so I have now decided its the time to let go

A change with these surroundings is needed for me

 Things have been left for you- its just not healthy

 I'm surrounded by items that prevent me to heal

A fresh start to ease the loss and sorrow I feel I've selected items that remind me of you

It’s a sad, hard process I have to see through

To box up and give away the remaining pieces you once owned- Pictures, books and ornaments to belong in someone else's home.

 Its time to start another chapter that’s new

Rebuild and proceed to live life without you Precious keepsakes will remain in my possession

Reminding me to embrace this life & heal with succession

 I wrote this for you mum, if ever you are watching over

Just like your poem said ‘enjoy living in clover’

Also you wrote… ‘live in the present, the past is long dead’

 And i’ll  try hard to live by the points you once said

I will always believe there’s a life beyond this

For the departed loved ones we so truly miss.