The Battle Within

That day was different than most that week. Everyone stopped asking and stopped staring.
Pretending everything was going to be alright , deep down everything isn't. No one is there to listen.
Sadness engulfs my insides turning them into a blackened abyss. No one knows of the constant battle raging on day after day inside my mind.
To get through a day is always the same, repeating the same words. "I'm fine, I'm fine."
For every "sorry", it feels resolute and stable as if there is no hope. Its fake and not sincere.
That day was different than most instead of people asking. It's a hug, he can tell from the building of tears thats all i need. Not a question or answer just a hug.
From the look in his green eyes that he knows of the battle raging. I wrap my shaking hands around his neck and he pulls me close not letting go.
The teardrops the fall down like rain, but he doesn't mind, he knows that this will make things better.
Him just being there makes the pain ease away a little to help me breathe just a bit better.It will take time for the battle to finally end for the end of the passing of a loved one. But now it's one step closer to ending, its healing.
Finally.