It’s okay not to be okay

I look at where you used to lie

The pillow’s fluffed and still

I touch the shirt you used to wear

That silly stain’s still there

I smell the very scent of you right there in your favorite chair

It’s faded but still there, you see, where you used to be

Right there, right next to me

I can’t recall a time when it was only me, not us

And now all I have are memories of us two

And people tell me time will heal

Yet those words they are not a remedy for,

The pain I feel just paralyzes me

I wished they’d simply get the hint

It’s absolutely ok to say you’re simply not ok

To hurt is just a part of life

It tunes the heart and makes it beat

A different sort of sound or beat

The tears you cry go in a book

And so the story can always go on

With tattered pages, the lines will be told

Of a love that ended way too soon

But as I look at where you used to be

I hold onto the pain some more

Because I recognize it’s absolutely ok to say, today I’m still just not ok