I’m Sorry For Your Loss

When I say sorry for your loss
it may sound perfunctory
trite even

but what I mean is

I am sorry
that you wake in the night
gasping for breath
heart racing in agony.

I am sorry
that you will know a lifetime
of what ifs and
could have beens.

I am sorry
that you ache
for one more minute with your love
knowing that it can never be.

When I say sorry for your loss
please know
my soul is reaching out to yours
in understanding
and trying very hard
to take away
just one little ounce of your pain.

~ Donna Ashworth ~