Hope Armstrong Poet Free verse

Griever

Here I am in tears over a story that’s never affected me 

Baggy eyes from a grief that’s never even mentioned me and yet my own griefs don’t frighten me-

I don’t cry over it, I got over it- 

I cry for others but not for me 

I’ve realized that I don’t deserve to cry over my grief

Because my grief has convinced me, it’s just a happy memory.

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Beata Agustin May 9, 2026 at 12:35 AM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.