Think Before You Speak

By: Gwen Flowers

Dear Friend,
Today you broke my heart
In a place that was not broken.
You did it with your thoughtless words
That should not have been spoken.
You know that I am grieving,
That my pain is deep and real.
Your words cut me like a knife.
How do you think I feel?
You may not suffer from my loss
Or share the lonely grief.
But I'm mourning my baby
Who's life was much too brief.
I'm sure you don't know how I feel...
I don't expect you to.
Don't ask me to get over it,
That's something I can't do.
Without grief, there's no healing.
It's a journey I must make.
It's not the path that I would choose,
But one I'm forced to take.
No matter how you choose to see
What I am going through,
I need compassion and support.
I'd do the same, for you.