Grief Is Fear

No-one ever told me grief was fear
Or did they speak but I refused to hear?
Like cancer, blindness,  suicide and hate
The words  describe the folk of foreign states.

Vigilant and wary as we weep
We feel the loss of God and then our sleep
The world  no longer has a solid  floor
The foot is hesitant, the head is more.

The rudeness of  old friends can hurt like knives
They rush to tell you, you are no-one’s wife.
Though we know we  must meet God alone
The status of our soul is overthrown.

And yet we  see new visions and new ways
Lying with the worms , as beetles gaze
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Rodrigues Avatar
September 2, 2018 at 12:18 PM
Such a sad write! Those last two lines add to the fear. Great work!
Braithwaite Avatar
September 2, 2018 at 3:24 PM
Thank you so much for reading my poem,Kim
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