Life, loss, and grief can be overwhelming. We can only handle so much. Eventually, our hearts have to take a break. We feel empty. We become numb.
From the Grieving Heart:
I woke up today and felt numb. I was just there. I didn’t feel anything at all.
I stared at the ceiling. I lost all sense of time. I got up and went through the motions, hating every step.
I thought my heart was broken. Now I’m wondering if it has departed altogether. I’m a shell. I feel empty.
I’m surrounded by your absence. Sometimes I get some relief. There are times when I’m not thinking about you. Then something will bring you to mind, and I feel guilty for having forgotten you, even for a moment.
Your absence seems to have spread and now permeates my existence. You’re not here. You’re not there. You’re not anywhere I’m going to be today. The rest of my life will be spent without you.
The thought of that is more than I can bear. I don’t like this. In fact, I hate it. I want you back. Now.
I’m numb, but at the same time angry. Don’t ask me to explain that. I can’t.
I don’t know much of anything right now, except that I love you.
Hearts can only handle so much.
The heart can only handle so much. Broken and even shattered, we need breaks from the constant, grinding pressure of grief and its emotions.
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