Facing Grief when time is a Thief - poetry

recognizing pain in others and myself

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Why is there a pull

to certain people here?

Is it because you can find your pain there?

I delayed listening to a post

I knew it could trigger me the most

I ignored the pull all day

Your post was there anyway

So, I listened

I felt your pain, your struggles

I don’t know you

yet I feel the pain in you

Air knocked out of me

from what I could see

our situations weren’t the same

our only thing in common was the pain

I wanted to rewrite your life for you

I wish there was more I could do

I ached for your losses

I ached for mine

Is my pain misplaced

because I can’t look myself in the face?

I root for you

I root for you all

as you tell your stories

share your worries

It’s not about you

It’s really all about me

yet I care for you all

I really do

It’s time to look at my own grief

because time is a thief