Bravery in the Face of Grief

When your heart is broken

And you think that you can’t take one more heartache

Bravery is not fighting dragons or being a superhero.

It’s getting up every morning to face a new day.

Showering and getting dressed.

Eating

Doing your job the best that you can.

Crying as you drive, walk, sit, or whatever you’re doing

Until the fluid in your body has run dry.

It’s sitting with grief when you want to run as far away as possible.

It’s finding solace in friends who are there for you,

The ones that always have your back.

It’s reminding yourself in the middle of the night when sleep evades you

That you must keep living your life despite the pain.

In the middle of the storm, it’s hard to believe that

There will be a sunny day, and the warmth will return.

Prior experience has shown that you will heal,

Even as you learn to live with the grief.