Letting death go

I am grieving the death of a relationship. How do you approach death? How do you let death go? I think that I will let myself dress in black and accept my loss. I will make arrangements for a funeral and let friends feed me. I will dig the earth and watch the green fold into loamy brown stew. I will hold my heart and cry. And when the last bit of earth is tossed from my hand, I will walk towards life leaving grief behind.