It is often difficult if not impossible to see that we all have the strength within us to overcome grief. Overcoming it doesn’t’ mean that we forget about our loved one that we have lost but rather that we have found a way, a method, a mindset that has allowed us to get through the stages of grief and keep living life. In “Dance Again” we see the story of a person that is remembering the night they were at a club and there was a shooting that resulting in the loss of the live of someone they love. They share how difficult it has been but how they were able to dance again, love themselves again and start that move forward. In “Joy is Not Lost” we hear about a mother that remembers how wonderful her child was before they were taken away from them. The mother realizes that they still have a life to live and that by always loving them they are honoring the life they did live. We will all experience a painful loss at some point in our lives, the hope is that what or who we have lost continues to live in all of us making it possible to take another breath and a first solo step forward.
Finding Joy After Tragedy
Floating down on top of me
Falling like feathers
Like feathers softly
Blowing- not like leaves
But like a hurricane
It fell
It.
It being the dust from the gunfire
It being the drops of blood from my friend
Or a stranger
They guy in the unbuttoned red shirt
The girl in the pink mini skirt dancing on the stage
The cute lesbian couple celebrating their birthdays
Anniversary
Something special
As they lay curled up under each other
I can see the paper hats
They are still wearing
It is anything that was lost that night
It is pieces of me.
No one tells you
Writes a book
Crafts a song
Or truly holds your hand through the grief