Stages

There are stages of breaking

And stages of mending

And stages of pain

That can seem neverending

Stages of Loving

Of living & Dying 

Stages of honesty 

After the lying 

Stages of crying 

Till your eyes are sore

Stages of pleading 

Till your throat is raw

Stages of finally walking away 

Stages of starting a new life today

Stages of loving being alone

Stages of family filling your home

Stages where grief fills all of your time

Stages you have to leave it behind

Stages of life are simply Stages

They Start and they end

Like poems on pages

Hold on through the bad

And sail into the good 

For the stages will end 

Like I said that they would