Letting them go

Sometimes there are no words
No actions
No way to help
Nothing but
Watching
Waiting

Sometimes it hurts more than breathing
When you have to let them go
Let them decide
Let them choose
Let them lead

Sometimes they walk into fire
And you can't stop them
And you can't go with them
And you can't send anything except your love with them into the flames
And pray to all the gods they won't be burned

Sometimes there is nothing except pain
An ache tearing through your soul
A gasp escaping your lips
A spinning in your gut
A hollow in your heart

Sometimes
There are no words
There is nothing
Nothing
But hurt

5/26/20
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