[tri-wings] Can I Still Grieve?

I received this in my emails today and have no idea who wrote it but thought it 
was quite thought provoking !


Can I Still Grieve?
How much time am I allowed, are there rules I must go by?
Does anyone ever keep track of the thousand tears I cry?
Will I someday know the answers,have it figured out in my head? 
Just how long am I supposed to grieve,now that my child is dead?
People think they know the answers, to the questions I may ask.
But only if you've lost a child, can you understand this task.
I'm reading all the books I can,to know what grief's about.
But do these rules apply to all?It's hard to figure out. 
While driving home from work tonight,I feel I'm sinking low.
I try to put grief off my mind, but where can I now go?
You think grief has a pattern,with a beginning and an end? But I'm grieving for 
a lifetime,can you understand my friend?
So when I really need you,will you stay or will you leave??
What will be your answer, when I ask ?
"Can I still grieve?" *


hugs
Mandy,wife to Baz, mum to Matthew(12),Charlotte (11) , Gareth (t18 ^i^ 
14/11/99)and Dominic (CH ^i^ 23/7/00) and my little pot of gold at the end of a 
very long rainbow,Alfie( 15 months),
step mum to Katie(^i^) Ed (17)and Lucy(15 )England,UK
www.geocities.com/baby2angels2000 

Time is.....
Too slow for those who wait,Too swift for those who fear,Too long for those who 
grieve,Too short for those who rejoice.But for those who love,Time is 
eternity.(Henry Van Dyke)

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