Sorrow, Sadness, Anguish, Physical and Emotional Pain, Emptiness and Aloneness,
I have experienced all of them since you went away.
They say Love is not without Pain, that there is a dying to ourselves,
when the other is away.
It is better to have Loved, than not at all.
I have so much gratitude, that you Loved me so.
That Love I have for you, shall remain with me evermore.
By Julie
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