Grief, by Iosatel, The Obvious and Hidden blog, (c) 2014
1.
only the bereaved know
they needn’t speak in whispers,
grief is never
completely silenced
2.
rush of water
a broken branch drifts by
what will be left?
3.
Unending days of darkness
that never let you forget.
4.
Saturated, as if the clouds
had wrung themselves out
all at once, watching what
would then ensue
5.
sitting at the window
watching the rain
despondent days
of unexhausted sadness
trying to let go
6.
forgetting you
was never an option
7.
grief exhausts
but holds on,
rain continues
to fall
8.
thirty-five years and still I mourn you,
sometimes waking and imagining you there
9.
darkness deepens
into the black of night
lightning signals
thunder cracks,
but it is the loss of you
who took your life
that makes me ask
why it had to be
~~~
My Note of Thanks to the photographer, Iosatel, for his beautiful picture, Grief, which was first posted on his blog, The Obvious and the Hidden on 4/11/14. This photograph is copyrighted (c) 2014 by the artist himself.
A Poet in Time 
Love this poem and I now know what we have in common. Love 1 and 2 and 7 and 9. Nice use of stages of grieving. Grief is not silent. Oddly I have never written a poem other than for an assignment or teaching purposes. Two days ago I was driving to Panda Express and a poem poured out of me. I came home and wrote it. I’ll send it to you when I get it just right.
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Thank you so much. I’d love to read your poem.
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Great poem, Mary, just great!
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Many thanks.
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Lovely words of comfort! Can’t read books (too long), but poems are right down my ally!!! 🙂
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Why thank you, Randy.
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I’m not usually struck by extremely short poems — just not a structure that speaks to me, for whatever reason — but I found the cumulative effect of these lovely and quite moving. 1 and 7 in particular stood out.
My compassion for the pain you still carry.
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Thanks, Alice. In the past few years I’ve also seen others grieving that these have been on my mind for a while. I’m glad you liked them
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