death

I tell stories about you, my friend. “I once had a friend who ____”, or “a friend once said___”, or “once a friend and I _____”. Every time I say…

Ten years back, I was falling into my first bout of depression and unexplained sickness. You were a good friend, and you came home from college and made me talk…

Why do people have to die and leave an unstoppable leak that is never quite remedied and your heart bleeds first loudly like a rushing river and then over time…

Fight for Your Heart When the world crushes you with dream-killing deceit, ripping back the curtains of reality to show you the trickster lurking in shadows promising happiness and home…

After a year of grief, I’ve learned a lot. I’ve also made some mistakes along the way. Today, I jotted down 15 things I wish I’d known about grief when…

The Weight It starts as a sort of hollow feeling in the pit of your stomach And spreads throughout your mind and body. Then it’s above your head, crushing you…

In September 2013, I had another really hard breakdown over my friend’s death. It lasted almost the entire month. I was also really struggling with health issues, etc. This poem…