RIVER OF GRIEF
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RIVER OF GRIEF*
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Grief flows through our lives much like a river traversing the mountain passes of a rugged landscape. Just as rivers create new channels through the land, the relentless flow of grief can lead to a new landscape within us. Over time, the waters of sorrow recede. A transformed self emerges, one more beautiful than before. This is time as the river tells it, stretching and bending in unexpected ways.
in time's gentle march
river flows, its banks soften
grief is a river
*Note: "River of Grief" is a common metaphorical phrase; it is not my own.
Copyright © Sara Etgen-Baker | Year Posted 2025
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