I promise
That when you finally look up
From the depths of your grief
To open the doors that
You've shut yourself behind
I'll be on the other side
To greet you with a large latte
And an even larger hug.
Daring you to step out
Into all the love you've be missing
In those moments I'd been wishing
That once, just once you'd let me in
And I'll sit down besides you
Listening to every story, every memory you hold
Smiling each time you tear up
Crying each time you smile
So you remember the many colours hidden in those memories
That you have so blindly been sorting as black or white.
And in the dark of the night
When you finally breathe in the light
into your body emptied of all that grief,
I'll stand right beside you as you gently drop those stories
Along with the unanswered questions the loneliness, the regret,
into the burning fire
And with you, hope that the smoke rising heavenwards
Tells her how much she is remembered.
And even as we wipe away the tears,
I will draw you a path with the ashes left behind,
Back to everyone and everything in life
that is worth smiling for.
And though my words don't reach you
As you sit shoulders slumped with grief
behind those tightly shut doors.
Right on the other side
With a large latte
and an even larger hug,
I'll be waiting.
I promise.
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