How long will the pain last? ' a broken hearted mourner <br />asked me. 'All the rest of your Life.' <br />I have to answer truthfully. <br /> <br />We never quite forget. No matter how many <br />years pass, we remember. <br /> <br />The loss of a loved one is like a major operation. <br />Part of us is removed, and we have a scar <br />for the rest of our lives. <br />As years go by, we manage. <br /> <br /> <br />There are things to do, people to care for, tasks that <br />call for full attention. <br />But the pain is still there, not far below the surface. <br /> <br />We see a face that looks familiar, <br />hear a voice that echoes, see a photograph in someone's <br />album, see a landscape that once we saw together, and it <br />seems as though a knife were in the wound again. <br /> <br />But not so painfully <br />And mixed with joy too <br />Because remembering a happy time is not all sorrow <br />it brings happiness with it <br /> <br />How long will the pain last? <br />All the rest of your life <br />But the things to remember is that <br />not only the pain will last but, <br />the blessed memories as well <br /> <br />Tears are proof of life <br />the more love, the more tears <br />If this be true, then how could we ever ask <br />That pain cease all together <br />For then the memory of love would go with it <br />the pain of grief is the price we pay for love!<br /><br />Megan Dugan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-long-will-the-pain-last/
