Grief Is Like A Pebble In Your Shoe Poem by Cindy Boyd

My grief is like a pebble in my shoe
And each day my grief feels new
Each step through life now causes me pain
Can't you see it's not easy to walk again?
Sometimes I pick up my foot and shake the pebble back into my shoe
The pain is gone! No it's not you fool; it's just hidden there inside your shoe (inside of you)
I take the pebble from my shoe and throw it in the water
I watch the water as it spins and flows
Just like my grief it flows; turning and spinning as it goes
One day the pebble will be gone, but my love for you, my son, lives on