Lili Reinhart is channeling her grief over the loss ofRiverdalecostar Luke Perry into poetry.
The actress shared a moving message to her Instagram story on Monday, hours after Perrydied at age 52after suffering a stroke last week.
“When someone you love, gets taken from you. And the small circumferences surrounding you is stuck. Frozen in a moment. Of loss. And shock. Yet the people passing you are moving at full speed,” she wrote. “Did they not feel the earth shake? Or slow? Can they hear the thoughts screaming in my head? His name. His face. Memories. Flashes. Of a friend. A lost friend.”
Lili Reinhart and Luke Perry.Lili Reinhart/Instagram
Lili Reinhart’s poem.Lili Reinhart/Instagram
Lili Reinhart/Instagram
She continued, “We always expect the earth to stand still. For the universe to grieve the loved ones we have lost, along with us. But it keeps moving. Maybe as a sign that we should too. The movement of strangers, like a wave taking us with them.”
“So we ebb and flow with the passage of others, coasting off their energy and conserving our own. Because it’s too hard to give anything right now. To anyone. Except for him,” she wrote. “The one we’ve lost. And I pray that he’s silently moving in tandem with us. Guiding us through the waves even when we can’t swim.”
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The star plays Betty Cooper on the popular CW series, the friend and neighbor of KJ Apa’s Archie Andrews. Perry appeared on the show as Archie’s dad Fred Andrews.
Reinhart also shared her grief on Twitter, writing, “I’m finding it hard to grasp that he will no longer be around to give long hugs and share his wisdom and kindness with all of us … I just can’t believe it.”
Perry suffered a stroke Feb. 27, and a source toldPEOPLEhe never regained consciousness.
Reinhart initially shared asweet selfiewith the actor pulling for his recovery.
“Thinking of you, Luke. And praying for your safe recovery,” she wrote.
As news of Perry’s death broke, the producers ofRiverdaleissued a statement remembering the star as a “father figure and mentor to the show’s young cast,” which also includes Cole Sprouse, Camila Mendes, Madelaine Petsch and Casey Cott.
Cott paid tribute to Perry with a touching message onTwitter.
“I’m totally heartbroken. Luke took me under his wing the day I was cast and made me feel like I belonged. He was the most generous, wise soul with unmatched kindness,” he wrote. “He treated everyone with love and joy. We had so much fun. Praying for his family.”
Molly Ringwald, who played Perry’s ex-wife on the show,did the same.
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“The family appreciates the outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Luke from around the world, and respectfully request privacy in this time of great mourning,” the statement read. “No further details will be released at this time.”
source: people.com
