After a major loss, the old routine
Is something that has been.

It will never return
No matter how much we yearn.

At first we cannot accept
While day and night we have wept.

The old routine has passed,
Even though we wanted it to last.

But at some point, we realize
We have to face this demise.

Our future life will have a new routine

And from the old we will have to wean.

An effort we need to make
Every morning when we awake.

To accept our new routine,
While treasuring where we have been.

We must accept the change, day after day,
And embrace the ‘new normal” in every way

And strive
To go on with our life .

It is all easier said than done,
But we can again have peace and fun,

When we replace our “old normal” way
And accept the “new normal” Today.