Stone faced

I carry on

My heart calcified

My shoulders bouldered

My brain burdened

My breathe choking

Each time I think

He is forever gone

But I don't know

How to live without him

For all I know

Is being

The time keeper's sister

I wander through life

Floating in a joyless fog

Until grief catches up with me

One day I am forced into therapy

When a friend simply says,

Talk to me, I’ll listen

Tell me about being

The time keeper's sister.

Therapy works for a bit

But I am told to get over it

After all, it has been so long

I am supposed to move along

Progress through the stages

But I always get stuck

I always get pulled back in

Acceptance is impossible

Because that would mean

I am no longer

The time keeper’s sister