funerals are for coming together
and acknowledging a loss.
make sure you go. hug and cry.
something important has been taken from us
and it is worthwhile to see the corpse
to wash it
to dress it
until it kills all denial.
there is no back, only forward.
but all wounds must seal and scab to heal.
once the loss scars
we can pick up shovels
and hammers and go on the move.