Difficult
Seeing a family struggle to understand
How sudden and final life can be
When a moment ago all seemed right
Makes how you react so very key
It’s always difficult at a time like this
To find just the right words to say
You know it’s not I, and it’s never me
It needs to be you, or he, or they
Offer of yourself, and be available with
A knowing glance, a shoulder, an ear
And it isn’t wrong to share a laugh
You know he would if he were here
Be who you are and think about him
And the reasons why you feel so bad
You’ll remember it’s because of who he was
And all of the great times you had
Absorb the emotions with all of these friends
And true perspective will take its hold
Listen, and share, and you will realize
The lost can be found in the stories told
You have many memories to hold on to
Lasting impressions of how they were made
So very evident as you look around
In the resilient smiles that can only fade
…Always difficult at a time like this
To find the words you struggle to say
