Mother Sorrow Poems

The mirror reflects a lifetime etched upon my skin; a canvas of stories whispered through maturity. I stand before it, middle-aged and exposed, my nakedness...

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In the land where skies once wept with grace,
Now echoes of war, tears stream down the face.
A family torn in the midst of strife,
Caught in...

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Grief
Trauma and loss, a child has died
That never goes away …don't even try
It's in every room,every breath,every step you take
When Your asleep and when your...

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I
never
thought about
if she missed me
But now she is gone
I miss her every day
Too late I learned the lesson
enjoy each moment as it comes
because the next...

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In mania, the body unbinds itself.
The skeleton’s dense marrow becomes hollow,
an avian adjustment. It is accelerated evolution.
Fluttering and floating in a slew of thoughts
like nervous...

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Grief tears down the walls,
Built by scarred hearts,
Convincing walls, sturdy like the oak –
But not nearly as resilient when anguish trembles
In hearts who have never...

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I was so glad to welcome you 
And it was such a joy to hold you 
Never wondered how life could’ve been without you 
For...

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Tonight I will kiss you,
long before you wake,
tomorrow I will miss you,
forever my heart aches.

God took you from me,
as I layed asleep,
where's my little boy?
he's...

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"Sorrow" 

Reality cries its tears
of grief and fear 
calling out to Love 

the song heard 

in all of human kind
beseeching Love
in self, 

the conscious 
collective...

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Killing me will not save you 
Saving me will not kill you
Without a choice we’ll be stagnate forever.
We will never get out of this hell...

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There she was, silenced; in the hush of the night,
By nature's decree and the will of the almighty divine's right.
Upon the pyre, her form ablaze,...

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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...

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O Blessed Virgin Mary, our Lord's servant-- so humble
Hearing your Seven Sorrows makes my heart almost crumble
I wish to imitate your loving prayers (and not...

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I won’t pretend we were close.
We both know that wasn’t the case.
Yet, news of your passing rocked me to my core.
Your wife asked what we...

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Blessed Assumption of the Immaculata! I wrote this in honor of Fr. Kolbe… they are the same, but not the same -- at the same...

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