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!