Acceptance... Poem by chantelle ribeiro

And so the day arrived
At last she realized
It was okay to let you go
She wrestled with emotions
Smiling
Being there for others
But you were always present
The ghost behind her smile
Your beautiful remembrance
I watched her mourn you
Being brave
Sometimes she just kept silent
But her eyes said what she could not say
She went to the ocean
wrote your name with a shaky hand
Her tears blew away
Riding on a million grains of sand
But in the water of that bay
On that warm and sunny day
She let you go with the tides
She knew you couldn't stay
She said goodbye
She feels bad for all the sadness
for her tears that felt like madness
I said you'd smile and say
That everything will be okay