I need a hug

    Not a "your so strong"


    I need a shoulder to cry on,

    not "I'm worried about you"


    Please don't tell me it's time to move on,

    Do you really know my need?


    Please don't try to take my grief away,

    I need it to make it through another day.


    Maybe all you need to do for me,
    is to hear when I say...

    "I need a hug"


    by Patricia Bird
    because of the pain of my son's death