When you feel heavy or tired

and you don’t know why

it could be that your heart is singing of loss

and begging you to listen

Loss isn’t always obvious

and shouldn’t be compared to how

others may have it worse, or how

it is better than it used to be

~~~~

Loss, is loss, is loss

It just is

So, if your heart is trying to tell you

about something such as this

listen

and then give it a name

It may be something as simple as

loss of connection, or a relationship

or loss of a freedom even though

everything else ‘should’ be fine

~~~~

If we don’t pay attention when asked

that loss swirls–and expands

and bigger and louder becomes,

screaming,

until it is as if we are covered by storm,

dense and dark and threatening

~~~~

Yet if we just take time to notice the loss

and give it a name–it will breathe

It lets the heart and brain

consider the grief together

and soon something that seemed so huge and

swirling and loud and scary

becomes more manageable

So much so that it might even

fit between your two, strong hands

~~~~~~

—We’ve been in lockdown for a while where I live and many people are expressing a heaviness that they can’t shake. Perhaps acknowledging things that we have lost is something that we need right now.

©Heather Pound 2021