I proceed to do my mundane task,

as a chasm opens inside of me

I feel my heartbeat in waves

when the wave crashes to shore,

sadness flows freely through me

But it is unlike any sadness

I have ever experienced

It is hollowed out and filled again

I stand in this pain,

fighting the urge to cry

and let it nearly knock me over

I rise from the waters

broken,

but clear

And ready to live through it again