After I Lost Him Barbara Ehrentreu The sun still shinedThough its rays didn't warm meEncased in my shell of griefMy body felt neither heart not coldOne entire side of me was lostLopsided I stayed indoorsNot attempting to face the world aloneTeetering in uneven terrainI tried navigating by myselfDipping my toe into the water of being aloneAnd gradually I mendedPut together with strands of tenderness cemented with passing time

More from Barbara Ehrentreu ↓

• @barbaraehrentreu on Instagram
• You can read more of her writing on her blog: Barbara's Meanderings
• Her book, You’ll Probably Forget Me: Living With and Without Hal, is out now
• As is her YA novel, If I Could Be Like Jennifer Taylor

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