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I'm sure in the distance you can hear that awful sound

I stood there in silence and watched from my world away

Hollow

Hollow feelings in the air that I breathe in come over me

It breaks my heart to write this.

I am writing this for all the 14/15 year olds in my little town.

I am writing this because I know the storm all too well. 

The storm that they have endured and are just beginning to face.

On wednesday, they lost a classmate.

A friend.

A boy named Jesse lost his battle to cancer.

Some people in my town simply know me as that girl who lost her friend to cancer, so I've been getting some messages from grieving teens asking for help.

I ache for them so, so, very much. I can't say much, but if anything, this is what I suggest.

I suggest you cry. If you have to cry, just cry. Don't hold anything in. If you do, you'll begin to shake and tremble. It'll be like trying to fight a raging war that is swimming inside of your entire body. Trust me. I know.

I suggest you take time to wrap your head around this. It's a lot to take in. Grief is a strange thing.

I suggest you give his family hugs. Give them love, because right now that's what they really need.

I suggest you remember all the laughter you shared with him.

Live for him.

Love for him.

Laugh for him.

In time it helps to make new friends, but I strongly advise you to do it very carefully.

When you can't take the deafeningly loud silence anymore, just close your eyes.

Close your eyes and listen for him.

I promise you'll hear or see him.

Walk on and breathe for him.

Talk to someone.  Pour out your feelings.

Don't keep them bottled inside of you.

I beg of you. I beg of you not to do what I did.

Do not run away from your grief.

 If you do, it will find you.

It will find you hiding in terror and it will try and break you to pieces. I don't mean to scare any of you, but I learned that you simply cant run from grief.

You're going to have to be strong.

but you can do this! I know that strength is the last thing you think you have...but you'll find it. It's there.

There's no doubt it's going to be a hard road ahead....but the best part about it all is, you'll look back one day.

You'll look back and suddenly be in complete and utter awe that you got through something you never ever thought you'd get through.

You are stronger than you know.

Braver than you think.

Last but not least, I suggest that you NEVER let anyone tell you to get over Jesse's death because it's been so many weeks, months, or years.

You are you.

You are the one to decide if you want to let him go...or carry him with you for the rest of your life.

You might never get over it. None of us ever really do.

All you can do is this: (And it'll help.)

Celebrate his life.

Carry on his legacy.

Just keep going.

Keep going for Jesse.

You can do it.

At the end of the day lifes a lesson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eg6-5vmCZc

Reviews

[wordman]

a great message to your friends and class mates,and god bless jesse

[Coyote Poetry]

A powerful and need poem to be read by all.
"Live for him.
Love for him.
Laugh for him. "
I agree. Cancer take the best from us. I like the old wisdom. We must be a witness to life. Ensure the fallen person isn't forgotten.
Coyote