After I Lost Him

Barbara Ehrentreu

The sun still shined

Though its rays didn't warm me

Encased in my shell of grief

My body felt neither heart not cold

One entire side of me was lost

Lopsided I stayed indoors

Not attempting to face the world alone

Teetering in uneven terrain

I tried navigating by myself

Dipping my toe into the water of being alone

And gradually I mended

Put together with strands of tenderness cemented with passing time

More from Barbara Ehrentreu ↓

• @barbaraehrentreu on Instagram
• You can read more of her writing on her blog: Barbara's Meanderings
• Her book, You’ll Probably Forget Me: Living With and Without Hal, is out now
• As is her YA novel, If I Could Be Like Jennifer Taylor