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Nowhere to Hide
Sep 12, 2002
Nowhere to Hide
LindaC
Where do you go when there is nowhere to hide?
Where can I escape to?
Can you tell me how to get through my pain?
How do I learn to accept?
Death is the final step in our life's journey
The path is one we all must traverse.
It is so very difficult for a parent
To realize their child's journey has eneded.
At first there is a horrifying shock.
We recoil like a wounded animal.
The pain is so very deep inside.
How will we ever learn to go on?
Then comes numbness.
It becomes our friend.
A protection against feeling
A shield against the pain.
We wish for the numbness to last
For then we don't have to deal with our loss.
We cover our emotions carefully
But reality runs to meet us.
How can he be dead?
I hurt. I hurt!
I can't handle these feelings
Without the numbness how will I live?
The pain is too great!
No one understands.
A grief unending
A reality that must be faced.
Where do I go when there's nowhere to hide?
I escape into myself
And pretend that I am fine.
But there is truly nowhere safe to hide.
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