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.