HIDDEN, PART TWO
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There is a hidden world-
a closed Facebook group
for grieving fathers.
For some reason it helps that
the sharp ache that I am experiencing,
is shared by thousands more.
School, 6:30 in the morning
the custodian approaches me-
I lost my son five years ago,
it gets better.
How is it possible,
an invisible society,
moving through life
with all this pain?
I pass by a woman
who lost her daughter
last year. A wan smile,
and she embraces me.
A secret society,
wearing masks
to disguise the fact
that we are desperately trying
to simply- live.
This is beautiful. Makes me think of all the people who are in such pain and put on a smile everyday to just keep going. A mask.
I agree, It was very touching and real.