The day I said goodbye.

My heart is reminded what day this is

I don’t need a calendar for that

It remembers it like it was yesterday

It’s the day that I first became sad

And although I feel my sadness

And it is in everything I do and say

I am not my sadness

And it has stopped consuming my entire day

I have learned to find joy

In the smallest of things

It is often my memories of you

And the smiles they bring

As I cross this next mile marker

Of the track that is paved with grief

I have good days and bad days

Some days my grief is a relief

I remember this day

As the day I said goodbye

I think I’ll go take a minute

And have a really good cry

xo

Gabby

Written on the second anniversary of my brothers death

You can find this poem in my book “It Never Gets Easier to Say Goodbye,” which is a book of poems about life, death, and grief.

Link to book:

https://www.amazon.com/Never-Gets-Easier-Say-Goodbye/dp/B0DY4VJLFM