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Grief
I didn't know a heart could die I didn't know how devastation I didn't know the pain of loss I didn't know how often tears I didn't know that pain would come I didn't know that time would stop I didn't know how difficult I didn't know that as time pass Now I know a little spark, Now I know the feelings felt, So rest assured my unknown friends, Yes I survived my loved one death Rev. Saundra L. Washington, D.D., is an ordained clergywoman, social worker, and Founder of AMEN Ministries. http://www.clergyservices4u.org She is also the author of two coffee table books: Room Beneath the Snow: Poems that Preach and Negative Disturbances: Homilies that Teach. Her new book, Out of Deep Waters: A Grief Healing Workbook, will be available soon.
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