someday we'll sleep again in poetry

the bad news is that
the pain will probably never get any less
when you love someone that much
when they’re that much a part of you
it probably never stop hurting
it’ll probably never even hurt a little less
it’s too much a part of you
it’s too eternally fresh
it’s just a part of you now

the good news is however that
over time you can get stronger
if you allow yourself to get stronger
eventually you will learn to
work through the suffering
with a bit more grace
your capacity for dealing with the pain
will grow, your shoulders will toughen
you will get better at dealing with it
it’s not that it ever goes away, of course
it’s that you can evolve
if you hang in there and
manage to take it for a while

I will be able to sleep again
I will be able to dream again
I will be able to do all these things again
eventually
for now, however
I stare out into the dark of the night
and do what he always told me to do
adapt to what there is to adapt to

there’s good news and bad news
there always is bad news
there’s always good news too