The Love I Lost

The Love I Lost My wish is to give peace, comfort, and hope to those on earth grieving the loss of a loved one.
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The water doesn't ask anything of you. It just stays still and lets you look.That's what I've needed most. Not someone t...
09/22/2026

The water doesn't ask anything of you. It just stays still and lets you look.

That's what I've needed most. Not someone to fix it, not a reason. Someone who'll stand at the edge with me, say nothing, and not look away while it hurts.

Down on the rock, a butterfly is resting. Nobody's telling it to move.

"You'll get through it." People say it kindly.I don't think they understand that getting through isn't the point. Dad's ...
09/21/2026

"You'll get through it." People say it kindly.

I don't think they understand that getting through isn't the point. Dad's chair is still at the head of the table, and my whole life is arranged around where he isn't. I've just learned to do it quietly, the way you learn to walk around a piece of furniture in the dark.

I don't get over it. I walk around it.

I hold the frame the way I used to hold you. Carefully, with both hands.It's small enough to fit in my arms. You were ne...
09/21/2026

I hold the frame the way I used to hold you. Carefully, with both hands.

It's small enough to fit in my arms. You were never that small.

I look at it until the glass stops being glass and you're almost right here. Then I put it down, and the room is exactly as empty as before.

I miss you.

An open hand. That's what I have now.I can't hold yours, so I hold your name. I say it out loud in the kitchen, on the p...
09/21/2026

An open hand. That's what I have now.

I can't hold yours, so I hold your name. I say it out loud in the kitchen, on the phone, to no one in particular. I tell your stories to people who never met you, just so the room isn't so empty of you.

It isn't the same. It's what my hands can still do.

The bench is built for two.One end has someone on it. The other end is just wet wood and cold light, and nobody is going...
09/21/2026

The bench is built for two.

One end has someone on it. The other end is just wet wood and cold light, and nobody is going to sit down there.

I know that empty half. I've sat beside it. It's louder than any crowd.

What do you still catch yourself reaching for?

I think about that answer more than I'd like to.As many days as you love him. So, no end date. I used to hope there was ...
09/21/2026

I think about that answer more than I'd like to.

As many days as you love him. So, no end date. I used to hope there was one. I kept waiting for the morning she'd finally be done with me.

She stays. Sometimes she's loud, and sometimes she just sits in the other room.

I haven't stopped asking her to leave. I just already know the answer.

Nobody warned me I'd lose myself too.I look for her in the mirror, in the way I used to laugh, in the things I used to w...
09/21/2026

Nobody warned me I'd lose myself too.

I look for her in the mirror, in the way I used to laugh, in the things I used to want. She isn't there. She left when you did, and she didn't say where she was going.

I'm still sitting here, waiting for her to come back.

She stands at the very end of the dock, birds crossing overhead, nowhere left to walk but back.I miss you. You were take...
09/21/2026

She stands at the very end of the dock, birds crossing overhead, nowhere left to walk but back.

I miss you. You were taken from us far too soon. I still think of you all the time, still talk to you like you're listening. What I wouldn't give to hear your voice, just one more time.

A teddy bear sits alone on a bench by the water, holding a bouquet meant for someone who isn't coming to collect it.I ho...
09/21/2026

A teddy bear sits alone on a bench by the water, holding a bouquet meant for someone who isn't coming to collect it.

I hope you know how much you're still missed and loved down here. That doesn't fade just because you're not around to hear it anymore.

He sits by the water, watching a glowing figure fade in and out of the mist like it might stay if he doesn't look away.P...
09/20/2026

He sits by the water, watching a glowing figure fade in and out of the mist like it might stay if he doesn't look away.

People often fail to realize that those who've lost someone close to them actually change. Not for a season. For good. I wish more people understood that before they expected me back to normal.

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