This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Savannah chapter.
Deep sorrow is the definition of grief
but what I feel cannot be determined by a textbook definition
grief, mourning, sorrow
doesn’t compare to
all the air you breathe suddenly gone
and your heart starts to beat out of your chest
your throat filled with tears
your hands and feet no longer take signals from your brain
because in that moment it seems like it’ll never end
it seems like no one will ever understand
when you can’t eat or sleep not because you don’t want to
but because you physically cannot