Grief isn’t linear
A year hurts all over again.
Sometimes the loss feels like yesterday;
sometimes, it feels like lifetimes ago.
Some days I’ve found peace with it,
some days I hate the world and wonder, “Why me?”
Grief isn’t linear
There’s no control over it.
You can let yourself feel,
go through the stages—
but they come in waves,
and some waves hit harder than others.
Grief is silent.
People don’t know when it’s with you.
They stopped grieving a while ago.
“Hasn’t she moved on by now?
It’s been a whole year.”
But it still hurts.
It stays with you,
like a needle sewn into your heart,
and when you move in a certain direction, it sinks deeper.
Grief isn’t linear.