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January 2024

05/24/2023

SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS

When I say ‘sorry for your loss’,
it may sound perfunctory,
trite even.

but what I mean is…

I am sorry that you wake in the night, gasping for breath,
heart racing in agony.

I am sorry that you will know a lifetime of ‘what ifs’ and
‘could-have-beens’.

I am sorry that you ache for one more minute with your love,
knowing it can never be.

When I say sorry for your loss, please know

my soul is reaching out to yours in understanding
and trying very hard to take away,

just one little ounce,

of your pain.

Donna Ashworth
From ‘Loss’
UK: https://amzn.eu/d/fwIp4VX

Art by the amazing The Art of Jennifer Yoswa

05/22/2023

DEAR SON,

The bond a mother has with her boy is like a beautiful black-hole of utter love and adoration.
It is all-consuming, never-ending and mightier than us.
Women know one another by intuition and instinct, you see.
We are of the same.
But when a woman creates a boy, something else quite magical happens.
I hope I showed you that power, that force.
I hope you feel it still.
I hope I taught you what it is to respect a woman, to respect all humans, and to never lose yourself in the process.
I pray you see how strong you are, by allowing yourself be soft too, that’s the key

And most of all, I hope you check your heart when you can no longer pick up the phone to me.
Check the little chasms of your heart, my love.
That’s where I stored the things you need, the love you need, the ‘mum’ you need.

My boy, my beautiful beautiful boy.
You had me at first sight.
You have me for life.
And forevermore.

Donna Ashworth
You can find my poetry books here if you wish ❤️

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Donna-Ashworth/e/B08BG5QP2Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_awm_scns_share

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