In Grief
Trembling, the ache
Still tender,
Unkept moments echo
Risking a prayer,
Where will the memory go?
How will my heart ever know
When to let go… how to let go?
Desperate, the sorrow
Holding her hand,
Just before her eyes closed
In death, a shell
Of the past, the heart and soul,
The woman who had once…
Bent to kiss away my tears,
Forever ago, down through the years,
Her light was still aglow…
Inside my heart, as were the tears.
Unsteady, my mind
Tremulous as the wind, ablaze
With fires of feeling,
Tortured nights when the battle
With her memory tossed me
Like a sea of grief,
Binding my dreams and warning me
To see beneath the sea of heartbreak,
Into the treasured festival of love,
Love poured out from her heart,
A heart who breathed…
Will I ever know… when to let go?
Is it even possible, to let go of the one
Who silenced my doubts, reassured
My soul, gave me more love
Than my heart will ever hold, more love
Than my life would ever use up…
No. I won’t let go, can’t let go
She is the part of me that I know
Will forever show… forever breathe
Forever, with me, she is the seed
That gave me room to grow, room
To see… without her, I wouldn’t be me!
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