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Today I Grieve

Today I grieve... and tomorrow.
Every tear that falls
on the second jaw
is there because of gravity,

or sorrow has something
to do with it--
my leaking groundward

as fingers grasp my crown
probing deep into scalp
for an answer--

when nothing more is found
but wet scraps of hair.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024




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Date: 1/3/2025 6:54:00 AM
Hope this is fiction if not there will be better days...
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Moon Harp
Date: 1/3/2025 10:41:00 AM
Thank you, Michael. For now it is fiction, but this does describe the angst and depth of grief of myself and others at the loss of a loved one, even if in the past.
Date: 12/21/2024 9:55:00 AM
Very evocative piece. Visceral! xomo
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Moon Harp
Date: 12/21/2024 11:08:00 AM
Thank you so much, Maureen, for appreciating my poem.
Date: 12/16/2024 9:40:00 AM
We just get used to living with the pain, dont we... the grief never actually goes away... expressed with a lot of emotions here..
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Moon Harp
Date: 12/16/2024 1:55:00 PM
Thank you, Silent One, for appreciating my poem.
Date: 12/15/2024 9:24:00 PM
Wow - this is beautiful <3
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Moon Harp
Date: 12/16/2024 1:54:00 PM
Thank you, Paige, for appreciating my poem.

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