Now They Know
Grief is like this:
everything stops
for you,
but not the world
And you can’t believe
every day continues
when even thought
doesn’t work for you
Others are kind, or not,
but life isn’t one long moment
stretched to raw feeling
for them
And sometimes you wonder
if you are alone
because everything continues on,
while you just try to breathe
Now suddenly, everyone knows
what you know,
grief is like this virus
when everything stops
3/13/20