Navigating Grief by: Sue Leerhoff

They say you never see it coming

But it's a land mine in the ocean 

As we're drifting out to sea

We were manning all the stations

All hands were on deck

There was no such indication 

We were headed for a wreck

Never to return 

Hindsight

Foresight 

All Blindsided 

Ugly shrapnel, left in pieces 

That's what grief is

Swirling in a whirlpool 

Going down in flames

Listening for the signal

Missed it just the same 

Cold and Dark and Silent 

Silent as the grave

Tell me can you hear me

Screaming out your name

I thought I knew what grief was

Thought we had been there before 

That was just the tremors

The prequakes - The Before

Then life blew to pieces 

Sanity went out the door 

All the Good times - All the Memoirs

Can't remember where they are 

Stumbling, Mumbling

Numb and Starving

Blinded by the Dark 

and

Fading in the Light

It's not over, 

Not even close

But light comes flickering 

Just so you know

Someone still loves you

And 

Jesus loves you SO

This rhyme is on Repeat

Day after Day

But I read the ending 

And

It will be Okay

Someday