Grief is like a River

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This is a serious topic, so pass it by if you wish.
It's not a topic for everyone.

I've read several posts here on this forum from people who have lost a loved one. Like everyone else, we suffer loss. Sometimes that loss is a person who had sleep apnea. .... Or, sometimes you are someone who has sleep apnea, feeling a bit alone and suffering over the loss of your loved one.

I ran across this poem about grief. Thought I might share it with you.
It reminded me of the loss of a friend, and made me remember not to complain too much about my piddly cpap worries and to be thankful I'm around to have these little worries.

Please forgive the sad subject.



GRIEF IS LIKE A RIVER
By Cynthia G.Kelly

My grief is like a river-
I have to let it flow,
But I myself determine
Just where the banks will go

Some days the current takes me
In waves of guilt and pain,
But there are always quiet pools
Where I can rest again

I crash on rocks of anger-
My faith seems faint indeed,
But there are other swimmers
Who know that what I need

Are loving hands to hold me
When the waters are too swift,
And someone kind to listen
When I just seem to drift.

Grief's river is a process
Of relinquishing the past.
By swimming in Hope's channels
I'll reach the shore at last.