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SAYING GOODBYE

Even if you hold their hand,
While they take their final breath..,
It doesn't ease the pain at all,
Can't keep tears from being wept

Even if you kiss their cheek..
And get to say goodbye,
It doesn't make you hurt any less,
No matter how you try

We think if we just could have known..,
That you were gonna die
That somehow it wouldn't hurt as bad
But I realize that's a lie

Even when you know it's coming
By them getting sicker everyday
Even if you pull the plug
Because there was no other way

It doesn't hurt you one ounce less
Or not take you by surprise
Nothing in life prepares you
For the pain you'll feel inside

Whether we loose our parents
A sibling, spouse or friend
Even if the unthinkable ...
And your child's life did end

The pain,the grief, the sorrow,
The cloak of sadness too ...
Saying goodbye, or complete surprise,
We'll never get over loosing you

BY: GWENDY VANUCCI

About the Author

I am a mother of 3... Minus one... Oh I hate the math part. My 20 year old Tommy, passed away in his sleep in his room on 3-30-09. Since then I have been struggling with grief...and I needed to deal with it. I grieved out loud...with words. I write poems on grief. If you liked the poem you just read, and would like to read more of my work, I have 3 books available at LULU.COM just look up my name GWENDY VANUCCI. I'm not out to make money off my sons death... I am out to help parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends...deal with the grief they feel. Grief is a normal healing process that we all go though. My journey with grief and my poems are a very raw look at all the stages we go through to hopefully feel whole again. I guess I have to keep writing, cause it's going on six years since my son passed, and it's hard to feel whole with a hole in my chest.

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