Grief Strength Poems

When people comment on my strength 
The thing that they don’t see
Is if I’d had a choice
I’d have you here with me 

They asked me...

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Trauma doesn't make you stronger
Mine broke me
Beat me to the ground
Left me bleeding out

How could I still breathe
How could I wake up in the morning
My...

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Sometimes awkward,
In the company of a moment, a friend
Who has revealed to me, her bitterness,
Her cynicism, hostility, resentment…
Feelings lost within a world of darkness.

Never will...

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by Max Burchett

Isn’t it what we all want to be?
Someone who all can see
Is stronger and braver,
Man of steel or greater.
Could that be you, or...

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The night protects anxiety
From day's intrusive glare
As walls protect entirety
From those outside of here

The trees protect by standing tall
From roamers of my path
As Knowing Ones...

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It’s a fine summer’s evening
for your annual wine tasting shindig;
home-grown fruits in home-made fermentations.
We stay up half the night
washing down the terrible wine with weak...

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This poem is dedicated to every child, woman, and man.
Sometimes things don't go according to plan.
You throw your hands up and say, "I've done all...

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Cry no tears for a country that has no shame,
Weep instead for the innocent lives that it has claimed.
The names of our innocent brothers and...

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"Grief and heartache are like ocean waves, at times 
calm, and at times the waves are crashing and roaring."

    ...

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Only a loving parent can feel,                   ...

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Distrust lies in my heart, I’ve learned the hard way
		
		That even those who you think are for your best are for their way

		I was unaware...

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Today,
there are no rubber ducks
or mother's marigold skirts
to hide behind
as we once did.

In their place,
lurking dark and hoary,
a bathtub mist
updrafts thick with loose spores,
and mildew...

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I have been working so hard lately
My strengths lie
I find sleep barely
My tears dry

Looking for a ray of light
From being in all the gloom
I know...

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Taken in an instant
Image cleft of line
Clearer in a distance
Dearer left with mine

Border for a brazen 
Center with an aim
Backdrop in a feeble 
Ache in...

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I Felt That Breath
I’ve lived a life full of ups and downs
With happiness and sadness playing like a see-saw
But even during the times that the...

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