How did I get here – losing a child?
How could I let it happen? Did I?
Could I have done anything differently to prevent this unthinkableness?
I don’t ask why, or why us, why my daughter.
It happened. And yet . . .
I never thought this could happen to me, to us.
I remember a boy my age – died at 20 – a suicide
Now I know what his parents went through.
Now empathy . . .
LIFE IS JEOPARDY
Peace Out
4 replies on “NOW I KNOW”
Your poetry always reminds me of your wonderful parenting and love for a young man so loved by all.
We tried! It’s all a crap shoot. Thanks Arl! <3
Thank you for sharing Ins. So many why’s and unthinkable thoughts. xoxo
If I don’t, who will? This is not how i fell now. I wrote this a year or so after Zach left us. The personal blogs I write will show a lessening of the dark times. I hope you are doing well. You’ll like the blog I’m putting up tonight;)