We each have a choice
In how we deal with pain.

We can run, and divert our attentions
We can seek to numb the hurt, to fill the void,
We can drop to our knees, unable to carry on.

In this brief time, I choose to simply embrace the pain.
To let it linger, to sense it, to feel it.
To let it dwell within me, like a burning ember.

I fear not the pain.
It will pass on by, as time moves on.
The ember's fire will fade.

But for now, I embrace it
As an affirmation, that the loss is real
And the precious memories that were made
In our time together, were worth it all.
It was worth the pain endured, the pain now embraced.


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