My Grief,My Love

How can it be he is no longer here?
How can it be I do not hear that voice
His presence haunts me  from his  battered chair

Though I  have  money and no needs to bare
I  feel the grief, the affect of his choice.
How can it be that he has vanished here?

What is the world when loss  turns to despair.
When every sheet  by weeping is made moist?
His presence haunts from his   beloved chair

Now we learn  the symbol of the hare
Unpeaceful, hunted, jugged   or humdrum roast
How can it be when love  should counter fear?

Into the real, we stand and longtime stare
We’re  begging, blaming, badgered, shamed and gassed
Some presence feints  with ours  in  death’s own lairs

Now the world of man has long surpassed
The time we could blame God for what we ‘ve missed
How can it be that He is never here?
His absence haunts: symbolic, suffered, real.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Kimble Avatar
June 8, 2019 at 12:58 PM
this is a very beautiful, for a school project i was wondering if i could use this and cite you for credit.
Braithwaite Avatar
June 13, 2020 at 11:39 AM
No, you do not have my permission as you have no poems on this site and you did not reply before
Braithwaite Avatar
June 8, 2019 at 3:29 PM
Since you have no poems here, would you please tell me how old you are ? If you use it put my name and put from UK and please before that tell me the Title of your project as well I am interested if you write about grief.Good luck
Mchattie Avatar
March 31, 2019 at 7:14 PM
Life and Death are the great mysteries of the Universe. I could feel the sense of loss in your work.
Braithwaite Avatar
May 7, 2019 at 7:13 AM
Sorry I didn't see this.Thanks so much for commenting,David
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