POEM: Dedicated to Jeff Cheeseborough Family

It will always hurt,

Until one day it’s a little less,

Between those moments,

Find room for the tears and breaths,

It will always be there,

The memory of a life lived,

Shared in stories and tears,

Of a life loved, now grieved,

It comes in waves,

Unexpected and untimed,

Never easy in its wake,

But soon you will find,

The room to breathe,

The space to reminisce,

The moment to look back,

And be okay in the silence.

It will always hurt,

But one day it will be a little less,

Allow yourself the room and space,

For the tears and the breaths.

SASHA FISHER

Coeur d’Alene