For A While, Sherry Russo

For A While

by Sherry Russo

For a while time stood still

suspended when you died

My heart, my mind

confined to where

you left me

In a haze

I muddle through

oblivious to the world

that continues to move on

Apathetic to everything

but my grief

my sorrow unyielding

For a while

I will stay here

in the depths of darkness

the valley of death.

05.24.11

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about the poem.

I actually wrote this due to my father's recent and very sudden passing. Although the grief I feel from losing a parent is a little different than that of a baby, the sentiment of the poem is universal. All of this really brings me back to when I first lost Brandon. - Sherry

about the poet.
Sherry describes herself, "I have been married for 10 years to a wonderful husband, a mother of three, one in heaven. Our world was forever changed when our twin babies were born at 28 1/2 weeks due to an incompetent cervix. Our twin baby boy Brandon died shortly after birth from complications of a collapsed lung, and Sophia stayed in the NICU for 48 days. I mostly write about Brandon and my journey in this world without him. It's the only thing I have that's devoted to him. It helps me heal, while keeping his memory alive." Sherry blogs at Remembering Brandon.