there is no right or wrong way 
to do this

it does not need to quickly turn 
into deeply meaningful lessons learned

it does not have to be comfortable
or easy 

or ever really ‘make sense’

and there are no certain amount 
of sanctioned days before 
you must then be okay,

sometimes grief is simply meant 
to be…… 

and then 
it is meant to be carried

-this is how healing softly, slowly steals in

heather pound 2024

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