Promise Me Not

by Meagan Brandy

To those living with the weight of regret, you are not alone. For there is no life without lessons and no love without loss. Be kind to yourself as the clouds shall clear. This one is for you.

People think they know how you should act or feel, how long you should mourn, when you should be better, and how hard the entire process will be, but they don’t. They couldn’t possibly. Sure, it’s different for everyone, but at the end of the day, the base is the same. You lost something, or something was stolen from you. You want it back. Maybe it’s possible, or maybe it’s impossible, but that doesn’t mean the person with a chance hurts any less than the person without one. It just means we’re human and both must try. Try and live with the hole, or try and fill it. Or do nothing and get buried beneath it all.