Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Everything is possible

Do you know what is impossible?
It is impossible to hug someone across an ocean.

Do you know what is impossible?
It is impossible to stop another's tears when your own won't cease.

Do you know what is impossible?
It is impossible to say the right thing when you already know your words are helpless.

Do you know what is impossible?
It is impossible to imagine someone else's grief when you are mired in your own.

Do you know what is impossible?
It is impossible to grieve for one without re-living the grieving you have done over others.

Do you know what is impossible?
It is impossible to hold someone's hand, to hold them close, to look them in the eye from across an ocean.

Do you know what is impossible?
It is impossible not to feel helpless, completely and utterly helpless, in the face of death.





Do you know what is impossible?
To understand that someone is irrevocably gone. That is impossible.