When Someone Dies
When someone dies, you strain to hear the voice you thought you’d never forget.
When someone dies, you try to remember the petty thing you quarreled about, but can’t recall.
When someone dies, you look at their shoes on the closet floor and wonder if you alone can fill them.
When someone dies, you put away their favorite recipe that you think you’ll never want to taste again.
When someone dies, you sort their clothes and smell them and tuck the scent away in that hole in your heart.
When someone dies, you wonder if you will ever laugh, again, or dance, or taste or sleep.
When someone dies, you pray. You cry. You take a step toward normal, and walk one step at a time, until you realize you didn’t die.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4