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Death changes you
It takes away your comfort
your peace and familiarity
and disrupts your life
Death paralyzes you
It makes you sick
It makes you sorry
It takes away the people you love
and makes you crave the past
Death takes away your innocence
It makes you weak
It makes you needy
It makes you vulnerable
and leaves you missing the old you
Death influences your decisions
It makes you irrational
It makes you angry
It makes you bitter
and it makes you envious
Death changes you
Mariam Shitttu
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Very true!!!
Death makes you feel like you have been cheated on. Not so sure about that phrase “time is the greatest healer” because each time you think about the loss of a loved one, it is a refreshing memory.
Spot on
Your writing always resonates with me
This is all so true! Grief also changes you in an unexplainable way. May God heal our aching hearts IJN 🙏
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I’m Mariam — writer, explorer, observer of life’s quiet and loud moments. I started this blog in March 2017 as a self-discovery space, and over the past eight years, it has grown into a home for everything that moves me and hopefully, something that moves you too. Here, you will find poetry, reflections, travel stories, lifestyle pieces, motivation, inspiration and Lagos restaurant reviews all written with honesty and heart. Enjoy!
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