Loss changes you

and it changes how

You see the world around you

It shifts your point of view.

It impacts everything you do.

You become more

Tender-hearted and aware

Of the hearts around you

Who feel shattered beyond repair.

You become more

Open-minded and alert

To the pain of those

Who have known worlds of hurt.

Because loss changes you

And it changes how

You see the people around you.

It helps you break through

Walls to tend to the wounds

And witness the hardships

Others have gone through.

~ Liz Newman Writer #compassion #loss

~ Art by Duy Huynh