Here’s a pair of poems which Anika wrote during the very first part of the story, but which didn’t make it into the book.
Sometimes
The grief is too painful
And nothing matters
And nothing is worthwhile.
And that would be okay
If sometimes wasn’t
Also
Always.
I don’t want you to see
My pain
Because then you would say
Oh,
You poor thing.
And then I would have to choose
Between
Saying
Don’t worry,
It’s no big deal
Or
Go away,
You only make it worse.
