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ABOUT THIS POST: Healing Words: 3 Free Poems for Coping with the Loss of a Child to Suicide is emotionally rich and deeply personal, offering valuable support and resources for those who have experienced similar tragedies. The inclusion of free poems and additional resources enhances the post. Healing Words: 3 Free Poems for Coping with the Loss of a Child to Suicide provides a thorough exploration of the emotional landscape of losing a child to suicide and encourages connection through shared experiences.
About this Blog
ABOUT THIS BLOG: Losing My Only Child to Suicide: My Forever Son Backstory and About My Forever Son detail my journey to creating and writing this blog.
What Happened? and About Dylan provide a glimpse into Dylan’s (and my) life, and Twenty Years is a guest blog post by my sister, Dylan’s aunt.
Included below are resources and strategies for coping with suicide loss and finding hope and healing. Resources for coping with guilt after losing a child to suicide and professional resources offer additional support resources for hope and healing.
About the Author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The author, Beth Brown, lost her 20-year-old son, her only child, to suicide June 25, 2012. A mother well-acquainted with grief after suicide loss, the author also offers a companion book, Bury My Heart: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide.
When I lost Dylan to suicide over a decade ago, I didn’t feel I could make it through my first year of grief. I could hardly make it through one breath, one hour, one day at a time. I collapsed, my world collapsed, and my world as I knew it stopped spinning.
Wanting desperately to know why my son had taken his life, I turned to books, support groups, and online resources:
- How had other parents made it through their first year of grief after their child’s suicide?
- How would grief feel in the second year?
- Would the excruciating pain of losing Dylan ever end?
- Was there any hope anywhere on the horizon?
Journaling was my saving grace. Writing helped me cope with such a profound loss. In 2015, I launched My Forever Son: Grief, Hope, and Healing After Losing My Son to Suicide. I began by posting my daily journals, though this blog has grown to encompass poems, songs, narratives, and informative articles. The photographs of all the beautiful flowers are ones I’ve taken of my gardens. They bring serenity along the way.
That we all might find peace.
Find Resources & Strategies for coping with suicide loss and finding support, hope, and healing below the download of the poems.
Healing Words: 3 Free Poems for Coping with the Loss of a Child to Suicide
Healing Words: Coping with the Loss of a Child to Suicide
Resources & Strategies
Resources for Surviving the Suicide of Your Child
Read More: Help, Hope, Healing After Suicide Loss: Support, Books, Resources
Read More: Surviving the Suicide of Your Child: Support, Resources, Hope
Read More: Walking through Shadows: Surviving the Unthinkable Loss of a Child to Suicide
Read More: Coping with Guilt After Losing a Child to Suicide: Strategies and Support
Healing Words: 3 Free Poems for Coping with the Loss of a Child to Suicide
Resources for Hope and Healing
- Read More: Rising from Grief: Embracing Hope and Healing After Losing a Child to Suicide
- Read More: Finding Hope, Healing, and Resilience in Nature
- Read More: Rising Up-Because Love Lives Forever
- Read More: A Glimpse of Hope in Grief
Healing Words: 3 Free Poems for Coping with the Loss of a Child to Suicide
Resources and Strategies for Coping with Suicide Loss
- Read More: Help, Hope, Healing After Suicide Loss: Support, Books, Resources
- Read More: Surviving the Suicide of Your Child: Support, Resources, Hope
- Read More: Find Hope Here: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide
- Read More: What to Say to Parents Who Lose a Child to Suicide
Healing Words: 3 Free Poems for Coping with the Loss of a Child to Suicide
Resources for Coping with the Heaviness of Guilt in Suicide Grief
- Read More: Navigating Grief: Finding Solace After Losing a Child to Suicide
- Read More: The Burden in Grief: Navigating Guilt After Losing a Child to Suicide
- Read More: Coping with Guilt After Losing a Child to Suicide: Strategies and Support
- Read More: Self Blame and Guilt: I Couldn’t Save My Son
Healing Words: 3 Free Poems for Coping with the Loss of a Child to Suicide
Professional Resources
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: A nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide.
- The American Association of Suicidology: A membership organization focused on the understanding and prevention of suicide.
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital Suicide Research Center: Conducts research aimed at reducing suicidal behaviors and preventing suicide.
- Parents of Suicides: A network of parents who have lost a child to suicide, offering support and resources for healing.
Healing Words: 3 Free Poems for Coping with the Loss of a Child to Suicide
Bury My Heart: A Book of Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide
Bury My Heart is a collection of poems that intimately explores the painful journey of losing a child to suicide. The author delves into the depths of grief, navigating through the complexities of emotions and contemplating the profound impact of such a tragic loss. This book serves as a powerful tribute to the author’s child and offers solace to those who have experienced similar heartbreaking circumstances.
1. A Deep Sorrow: The author delves into the raw and overwhelming sorrow that engulfs the heart after losing a child to suicide. The poems encapsulate the profound pain and grief, depicting the author’s struggle to come to terms with this devastating tragedy.
2. Earth, Stars, Moon, Sky: Here, the author finds solace and reflections in the natural world. Through vivid and contemplative imagery, the poems explore the intricate connection between nature and the grieving process, offering a sense of healing and connecting with something greater than oneself.
3. Why? The “Why?” section delves into the deeply human experience of grappling with the unanswered question of why their child chose to take their own life. These poems intricately examine the multitude of emotions and thoughts that encompass this agonizing contemplation.
4. In Losing You, I Lost Me Too: This section focuses on the aftermath of loss and how it profoundly changes the author’s sense of self. The poems delve into the journey of rediscovery, reflecting on the shattered pieces of identity and the challenging process of rebuilding after such a significant loss.
5. That My Love Be With You Always: The concluding selection of poems offers a message of eternal love and remembrance. These poems tenderly express the author’s enduring love and desire to keep their child’s memory alive, offering solace and hope to those who have experienced loss and reminding readers of the enduring power of love.
Bury My Heart is a heartfelt and poignant collection of poems that intimately captures the complexities of grief and celebrates the enduring connection between a parent and their lost child. Available Now on Amazon Kindle.
Healing Words: 3 Free Poems for Coping with the Loss of a Child to Suicide
Are You a Parent Who Has Lost a Child to Suicide?
As a mother who lost her only child to suicide, I found grief in the beginning (11 years ago) to be impossible. Heavy. Weighted. Exhausting. The sheering of a pain I didn’t believe I would survive. Beat Still My Heart is a poem that came from the immensity of my grief. Beat Still My Heart is part of a collection of poems: Find Hope Here: Featuring Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide.
A Poem About the Heartbreak of Losing a Child to Suicide: Beat Still My Heart
Beat Still My Heart
Beat still my heart,
Beat still my mind,
Weary though thou art,
Carry his love along with thine,
Though heavy on thy shoulders
Crost fields throughout all time.
In the deepest dark of the bleakest night,
If light there be, then dark shuts it out.
Around you all is swirling,
Hurtling backwards now through time,
A hellish hue stricken each his years
When here on earth 'twas mine.
Deeply within that starless darkest night,
Go deeper yet still darker,
Oceans depth to oceans wide.
Galaxies wide careening,
Spilling insides outside in,
To release thy soul still screaming,
Clasping hands and heart to his.
Body, mind, soul, rough and ragged,
Weeping tears falling still throughout time,
Carrying weight of mourning and grieving
Falling broken when thou wert mine.
© Beth Brown, 2022
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