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Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

Heart sick

The news hit me
Like a punch in the gut
I threw up two times
From the pain
Knowing that I
Couldn’t be there with you
 
We say
My heart will be with you
We don’t realize
How painful that is
For your heart
To be so far away

(2015)

Proverbs 13:12
'Expectation postponed makes the heart sick'

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