Just admit it:
    like me, you too are wounded,
        frightened,
        confused,
    and, perhaps, also lonely,
        sad,
        angry...

I'm not going to tell you to buck up,
    nor to grin and bear it,
    nor to "let it go."

No, better, I believe, to sit with it,
    face it,
    feel it,
    respect it,
    embrace it.

And, if it works for you,
    sit also with the One who cares more for you
        than you will ever care for yourself,
    and place your now-owned pain
        gently and respectfully
        into that big, Divine lap,
   with tears, if necessary,
        or screams, even.

And inhale,
    and exhale,
    and be.