What We Lose

by Zinzi Clemmons

There must be some way to integrate death into living, neither ignoring it nor giving in to it.

How many times have I hungered for loyalty, for the feeling of being needed.

I need an anchor so that I’m not living so close to death anymore.

Mourning describes how a person expresses their loss.

A ghost is not a fact in itself; rather, it is a symbol for a need. The most important aspect of the ghost is the need that creates it.

My theory is that loneliness creates the feeling of haunting.

my mind was trying to reconcile my new reality and failing, over and over again.

I realized that that was how heartbreak occurred. Your heart wants something, but reality resists it.