You Grieve For Yourself

I recall a wise person to me once said We grieve for ourselves when we grieve for the dead We grieve for a love and a friendship to us lost That to our feelings does come at a huge personal cost Since feelings as such does not exist in the dead They do not hear you sob when your tears for them are shed You do weep for them for the good times knowing them you've had Of our life's happier days the memories can be sad You weep for yourself for a friendship from your life gone But life is for the living and life does go on The grief caused by loss from you will slowly fade away Time is the great healer as some do like to say You weep for yourself at your own personal loss The death of your dear friend has become your grief's cross.